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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`MPH TECHNOLOGIES OY,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00823
`U.S. Patent No. 9,712,494
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`PETITIONER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL OF FINAL WRITTEN
`DECISION
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`via PTAB E2E
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`via U.S.P.S. Priority Mail Express®
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel, 10B20
`Madison Building East
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`via CM/ECF
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`INTRODUCTION
`Apple Inc.’s (“Petitioner”) appeal stems from the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board’s Judgement Final Written Decision Determining Some Challenged Claims
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`Unpatentable 35 U.S.C. § 318(a) entered on November 4, 2020 (Paper 26, “Final
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`Written Decision”) in the above-captioned inter partes review of United States
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`Patent No. 9,712,494 (“the ’494 Patent”). This notice is timely filed within 63 days
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`of the Final Written Decision. 37 C.F.R. § 90.3(a)(1).
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`PETITIONER’S APPEAL
`Please take notice that under 35 U.S.C. §§ 141(c), 142, 319; 37 C.F.R. §§
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`90.2(a), 90.3(a), and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure/Federal Circuit Rule
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`15(a)(1), Petitioner hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision (Paper 26).
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`PETITIONER’S ISSUES ON APPEAL
`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Petitioner’s issues on appeal
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`include at least (Paper 26): (i) the Board’s holdings that claims 2, 4, 9, and 11 of
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`the ’494 Patent are not unpatentable as obvious; and (ii) any finding or
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`determination supporting or related to the aforementioned issues, including claim
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`constructions, as well as all other issues decided adversely to Petitioner in any
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`order, decision, ruling, phone conference decision, and/or opinion.
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`Simultaneously with this submission, Petitioner is filing a true and correct
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`copy of this Notice of Appeal with the Director of the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office and a true and correct copy of the same, along with the required
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`docketing fee, with the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit as set forth in the accompanying Certification of Filing.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Daniel S. Block/
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`Daniel S. Block
`Registration No. 68,395
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: January 6, 2021
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`CERTIFICATION OF FILING
`The undersigned certifies that, along with being electronically filed through
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`PTAB E2E, a true and correct copy of the above-captioned PETITIONER’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL OF FINAL WRITTEN DECISION is being filed by
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`U.S.P.S. Priority Mail Express® with the Director on January 6, 2021 at the
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`following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel, 10B20
`Madison Building East
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`The undersigned also hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
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`above-captioned PETITIONER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL OF FINAL
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`WRITTEN DECISION and the filing fee is being filed via CM/ECF with the
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`Clerk’s Office of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on
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`January 6, 2021.
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Daniel S. Block/
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`Daniel S. Block
`Registration No. 68,395
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: January 6, 2021
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL OF FINAL WRITTEN DECISION was served
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`electronically via e-mail on January 6, 2021 in its entirety on the following:
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`weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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`jim@carmichaelip.com
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`James T. Carmichael
`(Lead Counsel)
`Kenneth J. Weatherwax
`(First Back-Up Counsel)
`Stephen T. Schreiner (Back-Up Counsel) schreiner@carmichaelip.com
`Christopher J. Lee (Back-Up Counsel) clee@leesheikh.com
`Richard B. Megley (Back-Up Counsel) rmegley@leesheikh.com
`Brian E. Haan (Back-Up Counsel) bhaan@leesheikh.com
`Ashley E. LaValley (Back-Up Counsel) alavalley@leesheikh.com
`Patrick Maloney (Back-Up Counsel) maloney@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`Jason C. Linger (Back-Up Counsel) linger@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`CARMICHAEL IP, PLLC
`MPH-IPRs@carmichaelip.com
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Daniel S. Block/
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`Daniel S. Block
`Registration No. 68,395
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: January 6, 2021
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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