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`Filed on behalf of Apple Inc.
`By: Adam P. Seitz, Reg. No. 52,206
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`ERISE IP, P.A.
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`7015 College Blvd., Suite700
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`Overland Park, KS 66211
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`Tel: (913) 777-5600
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`Email:
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`Paul R. Hart, Reg. No. 59,646
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`ERISE IP, P.A.
`5299 DTC Blvd., Suite 1340
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`Tel: (913) 777-5600
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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., LG ELECTRONICS, INC.,
`LG ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC., AND GOOGLE LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`GESTURE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2021-009211
`U.S. Patent No. 8,878,949
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`PETITIONER APPLE INC.’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`1 IPR2022-00092 (LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.) and
`IPR2022-00362 (Google LLC) have been joined with this proceeding
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`IPR2021-00921
`U.S. Patent 8,878,949
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel, 10B20
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`via CM/ECF
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`INTRODUCTION
`Apple Inc. appeals the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Final Written
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`IPR2021-00921
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`Decision entered on December 5, 2022 (Paper 24) (the “Final Written Decision”)
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`in the above-captioned inter partes review of United States Patent No. 8,878,949.
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`This notice is timely filed within 63 days of the Final Written Decision. 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 90.3(a)(1).
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`APPLE INC.’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 Rule of Appellate Procedure/Federal Circuit
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`Rule 15, Apple Inc. hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision and all underlying decisions and
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`orders in this action on which that decision is based.
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`APPLE INC.’S ISSUES ON APPEAL
`Apple Inc.’s issues on appeal include challenging at least (see 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 90.2(a)(3)(ii)):
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`(i) the Board’s determination that Apple Inc. did not establish that claims 4,
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`11, and 18 of U.S. Patent No. 8,878,949 are unpatentable; and
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`(ii) any findings or determinations supporting or related to that issue as well
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`as all other issues decided adversely to Apple Inc. in any orders, decisions, rulings,
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`or opinions in this proceeding.
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`Simultaneously with this submission, Apple Inc. 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 (or copies) of the same, along with
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`the required filing fee, with the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Federal Circuit as set forth in the accompanying Certificate of Filing.
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`Dated: February 6, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
`ERISE IP, P.A.
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`BY: /s/Adam P. Seitz
`Adam P. Seitz, Reg. No. 52,206
`7015 College Blvd., Suite 700
`Overland Park, KS 66211
`P: (913) 777-5600
`F: (913) 777-5601
`adam.seitz@eriseip.com
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`Paul R. Hart, Reg. No. 59,646
`5299 DTC Blvd., Suite 1340
`Greenwood Village, CO 80111
`P: (913) 777-5600
`F: (913) 777-5601
`paul.hart@eriseip.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER
`APPLE INC.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 90.2(a)(1) and 104.2(a), I hereby certify that, in
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`addition to being filed electronically through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s
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`End to End (PTAB E2E) system, a true and correct original version of the
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`foregoing Petitioner’s Notice of Appeal is being filed by Priority Express Mail
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`on February 6, 2023, with the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
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`at the following address:
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`Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 90.2(a)(2) and Federal Circuit Rule 15(a)(1), and
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`Rule 52(a), (e), I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
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`Petitioner’s Notice of Appeal is being filed in the United States Court of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit using the Court’s CM/ECF filing system on February 6,
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`2023, and the filing fee is being paid electronically using pay.gov.
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` hereby certify that on February 6, 2023, I caused a true and correct copy
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`of the foregoing Petitioner’s Notice of Appeal to be served via email on the
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`following counsel for Patent Owner:
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`Todd E. Landis (tlandis@wsltrial.com)
`John Wittenzellner (johnw@wsltrial.com)
`IPRGTPWSL@wsltrial.com
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`Dated: February 6, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BY: /s/ Adam P. Seitz
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`Adam P. Seitz, Reg. No. 52,206
`Paul R. Hart, Reg. No. 59,646
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`COUNSEL FOR PETITIONERS
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