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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`TENNANT COMPANY,
`Petitioner
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`V.
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`OXYGENATOR WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2021-00625
`Patent RE45,415 E
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`PETITIONER'S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2021-00625
`Attorney Docket: 46362-0011 IP 1
`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141(c) and 142 and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), Tennant
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`Company ("Petitioner") hereby respectfully appeals to the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's
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`("Board's") Final Written Decision in Case No. IPR2021-00625, entered on
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`August 17, 2022 (Paper 53), as well as from all other underlying orders, decisions,
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`rulings, and opinions that are adverse to Petitioner. This appeal is timely under 35
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`U.S.C. § 142, 37 C.F.R. § 90.3, Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 15(a)(l), and
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`Federal Circuit Rule 15(a)(l).
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`For the limited purpose of providing the Director with the information
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`requested in 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), the issues in Petitioner's appeal may
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`include, but are not limited to:
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`(1)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 13, 18-23 and
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`25 over Wikey (US Patent No. 3,891,535);
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`(2)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 13, 18-23 and
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`25 over Wikey and AFD (M. Hargrove & M. Hargrove, Aquariums
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`for Dummies, IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. (1999));
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`(3)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 13, 18-23 and
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`25 over Wikey, AFD, and the general knowledge, experience, and
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`common sense of a POSITA, as reflected in Wendt (H. Wendt & G.
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`Kreysa, Electrochemical Engineering: Science and Technology in
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`Chemical and Other Industries, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg,
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`81-127 (1999), Han (M. Han et al., Development of a New Method of
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`Measuring Bubble Size, Water Sci. and Tech.: Water Supply Vol. 2
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`No. 2, 77-83 (2002)), Glembotsky (V. Glembotsky et al., Size of gas
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`bubbles forming during electroflotation, 5 Elektronnaia Obrabotka
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`Materialov 6668 (1973)) and Bums (S. Bums et al., Application of
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`Digital Image Analysis for Size Distribution Measurement of
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`Microbubbles, Imaging Technologies: Techniques and Civil
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`Engineering Applications Engineering Foundation (1997));
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`(4)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 26-27 over
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`Wikey and Clark (US Patent No. 4,039,439);
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`(5)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 26-27 over
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`Wikey, Clark, and AFD;
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`(6)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 26-27 over
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`Wikey, Clark, AFD, and the general knowledge, experience, and
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`common sense of a POSITA, as reflected in Wendt, Han, Glembotsky,
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`and Bums;
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`(7)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 13-14, 17-23
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`and 25 over Davies (US Patent No. 4,917,782);
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`(8)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 13-14, 17-23
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`and 25 over Davies and Hough (US Patent No. 6,171,469 Bl);
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 13-14, 17-23
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`(9)
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`and 25 over Davies and Erickson (US Patent No. 5,324,398);
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`(10)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 13-14, 17-23
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`and 25 over Davies, Erickson, and Hough;
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`(11)
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`the Board's determination ofthe patentability of claims 13-14, 17-23
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`and 25 over Davies, Erickson, and the general knowledge,
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`experience, and common sense of a POSITA, as reflected in Wendt,
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`Han, Glembotsky, and Bums;
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`(12)
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`the Board's determination ofthe patentability of claims 13-14, 17-23
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`and 25 over Davies, Erickson, Hough, and the general knowledge,
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`experience, and common sense of a POSITA, as reflected in Wendt,
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`Han, Glembotsky, and Bums;
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`(13)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claim 24 over
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`Davies and Schoeberl (US Patent No. 5,439,576);
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`(14)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claim 24 over
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`Davies and Schoeberl, and Hough;
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`(15)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claim 24 over
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`Davies, Erickson, and Schoeberl;
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`(16)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claim 24 over
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`Davies, Erickson, Schoeberl, and Hough;
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claim 24 over
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`(17)
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`Davies, Erickson, Schoeberl, and the general knowledge, experience,
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`and common sense of a POSITA, as reflected in Wendt, Han,
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`Glembotsky, and Bums;
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`(18)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claim 24 over
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`Davies, Erickson, Schoeberl, Hough, and the general knowledge,
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`experience, and common sense of a POSITA, as reflected in Wendt,
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`Han, Glembotsky, and Bums;
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`(19)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 26-27 over
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`Davies and Peters (US Patent No. 3,984,303);
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`(20)
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`the Board's determination ofthe patentability of claims 26-27 over
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`Davies, Peters, and Hough;
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`(21)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 26-27 over
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`Davies, Peters, and Erickson;
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`(22)
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 26-27 over
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`Davies, Peters, Erickson, and Hough;
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`(23)
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`the Board's determination ofthe patentability of claims 26-27 over
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`Davies, Peters, Erickson, and the general knowledge, experience, and
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`common sense of a POSITA, as reflected in Wendt, Han,
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`Glembotsky, and Bums;
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`the Board's determination of the patentability of claims 26-27 over
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`(24)
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`Davies, Peters, Erickson, Hough, and the general knowledge,
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`experience, and common sense of a POSITA, as reflected in Wendt,
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`Han, Glembotsky, and Bums; and
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`(25)
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`any and all findings or determinations supporting or related to the
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`aforementioned issues, as well as other issues decided adversely to
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`Petitioner in any orders, decisions, rulings, or opinions.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(l), Petitioner is
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`filing a copy of this Notice of Appeal with the Director, and a copy ofthe Notice
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`of Appeal is being filed electronically with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In
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`addition, pursuant to Federal Circuit Rule 15(a)(l) and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(2), a
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`copy of this Notice ofAppeal, along with the required docketing fees, is being
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`electronically filed with the Clerk's Office for the United States Court of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Date: September 29, 2022
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`Counselfor Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) and 42.205(b), the undersigned certifies
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`that on September 29, 2022, he caused a complete and entire copy ofthis
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`Petitioner's Notice ofAppeal to be provided via email to the Patent Owner by
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`serving the correspondence address ofrecord as follows:
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`J. Derek Vandenburgh
`Aaron W. Pederson
`Nathan D. Louwagie
`Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh, & Lindquist, P.A.
`Capella Tower, Suite 4200, 225 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`E-mail: dvandenburgh@carlsoncaspers.com
`OWT@carlsoncaspers.com
`nlouwagie@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Larina Alton
`MaslonLLP
`3300 Wells Fargo
`90 South Seventh Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`larina.alton@maslon.com
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`I hereby certify that on September 29, 2022, in addition to being filed
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`electronically through the Board's E2E System, I caused the original version of the
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`foregoing Notice ofAppeal to be filed by hand with the Director ofthe United
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`States Patent and Trademark Office, at the following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 1 OB20
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314-5793
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`I hereby certify that on September 29, 2022, I caused a true and correct copy
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`of the foregoing Notice of Appeal, along with a copy ofthe Final Written
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`Decision, to be filed electronically with the Clerk's Office ofthe United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, at the following address:
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
`717 Madison Place, N.W., Suite 401
`Washington, DC 20005
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`Date: September 29, 2022
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`Counselfor Petitioner
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