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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`STARBUCKS CORPORATION, et al.
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`Petitioners
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`FALL LINE PATENTS, LLC
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2019-00610
`Patent No. 9,454,748
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`PETITIONERS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Attorney Docket: 00012-0114IP1
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 142 and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), Petitioners AMC Multi-
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`Cinema, Inc., AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Boston Market Corporation,
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`Mobo Systems, Inc., McDonald’s Corporation, McDonald’s USA, Panda Restaurant
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`Group, Inc., Panda Express Inc., Papa John’s International, Inc., Star Papa LP, and
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`Papa John’s USA, Inc. respectfully give Notice that they hereby appeal to the United
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`Board’s (“Board”) Final Written Decision, dated August 5, 2020 (Paper 32), and
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`from all other underlying orders, decisions, rulings and opinions related thereto and
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`included therein. This notice is timely filed within 63 days of the Board’s Final
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`Written Decision.
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`For the limited purpose of providing the Director with the information
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`specified in 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Petitioners indicate that the issues on appeal
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`include, but are not limited to (i) whether Claim 7 of U.S. Patent No. 9,454,748 is
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`obvious over U.S. Patent No. 6,961,586 B2, filed September 17, 2001, issued
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`November 1, 2005, and which claims the benefit of an application filed on
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`September 28, 2000 (“Barbosa”) in view of U.S. Patent No. 5,991,771, issued
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`November 23, 1999 (“Falls”); and (ii) whether Claim 7 of U.S. Patent No. 9,454,748
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`is obvious over U.S. Patent No. 6,202,023 B1, issued March 13, 2001 (“Hancock”)
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`in view of Falls.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Ricardo Bonilla /
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`Ricardo Bonilla (Reg. No. 65,190)
`rbonilla@fr.com;
`PTABInbound@fr.com Fish &
`Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`214-747-5070; 877-769-7945 (Fax)
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`Robert H. Reckers (Reg. No. 54,633)
`rreckers@shb.com
`Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 600
`Travis Street, Suite 3400
`Houston, Texas 77002-2926
`713-227-8008; 713-227-9508 (Fax)
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`Lowell D. Mead (PHV forthcoming)
`lmead@cooley.com
`Cooley LLP
`3175 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`650-843-5734; 650-849-7400 (Fax)
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`Counsel for Petitioners
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`Dated: October 7, 2020
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`In accordance with 37 CFR § 90.2(a)(1) and § 104.2, I hereby certify that on
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`October 7, 2020, in addition to being filed electronically through the Board’s E2E
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`System, the original version of the foregoing, Petitioners’ Notice of Appeal was
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`filed by hand on the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, at
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 10B20
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314-5793
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, at the following address:
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e)(1), the undersigned certifies that on October 7,
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`addresses of record as follows:
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`Terry L. Watt
`Crowe & Dunlevy
`500 Kennedy Building
`321 South Boston Avenue
`Tulsa, OK 74103
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`Matthew J. Antonelli
`Michael E. Ellis
`Larry D. Thompson, Jr.
`Antonelli, Harrington & Thompson LLP
`4306 Yoakum Blvd., Ste. 450
`Houston, TX 77006
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`Email: terry.watt@crowedunlevy.com
`Email: matt@ahtlawfirm.com
`Email: michael@ahtlawfirm.com
`Email: larry@ahtlawfirm.com
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`/Edward G. Faeth/
`Edward G. Faeth
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis MN 55402
`(202) 626-6420
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