`Patent No. 8,553,079
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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
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`Petitioner,
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`GESTURE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2021-009221
`U.S. Patent No. 8,553,079
`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Filed on behalf of Patent Owner by:
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`Todd E. Landis (Reg. No. 44,200)
`2633 McKinney Ave., Suite 130
`Dallas, TX 75204
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`John Wittenzellner (Reg. No. 61,662)
`1735 Market Street, Suite A #453
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
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`WILLIAMS SIMONS & LANDIS PLLC
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`1IPR2022-00090 (LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.) and
`IPR2022-00360 (Google LLC) have been joined with this proceeding.
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`Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141, 142, and 319, and 37
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`C.F.R. § 90.2(a), that Patent Owner Gesture Technology Partners, LLC (“GTP”)
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`appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final
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`Written Decision (“FWD”) entered on November 28, 2022 (Paper 26), and from all
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`underlying orders, decisions, rulings and opinions that are adverse to GTP,
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`including, without limitation, those within the Decision Granting Institution of Inter
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`Partes Review, entered on November 29, 2021 (Paper 10). In accordance with 37
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`C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), the issues on appeal include, but are not limited to the Patent
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`Trial and Appeals Board’s (“Board”) determinations that claims 1 – 6, 8 – 16, 18 –
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`26 and 28 – 30 of U.S. Patent No. 8,553,079 are unpatentable; the Board’s
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`consideration and analysis of the expert testimony, prior art, and other evidence in
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`the record; the Board’s decision to institute inter partes review; and the Board’s
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`factual findings, conclusions of law, or other determinations supporting or relating
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`to the above issues.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(1) and (a)(2), and as reflected in the attached
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`Certificate of Service, this Notice of Appeal is being electronically filed with the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board through the Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking
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`System (P-TACTS) and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`through the CM/ECF System along with the requisite filing fee. A copy is also being
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`mailed to the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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`IPR2021-00922
`Patent No. 8,553,079
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`DATED: January 27, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Todd E. Landis/
`Todd E. Landis
`Registration No. 44,200
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`IPR2021-00922
`Patent No. 8,553,079
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a true and correct copy of this Notice of Appeal
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`was filed electronically with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office, as well as sent via Priority Mail Express from the U.S. Postal Service to 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
`Mail Stop 8, Post Office Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a true and correct copy of this Notice of Appeal
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`was filed electronically with the Clerk’s Office of the United States Court of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit, as well as sent via FedEx Priority Overnight to the following
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`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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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, the undersigned certifies that on January 27,
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`2023, the foregoing document was served on counsel of record for Petitioner by
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`filing this document through the End-to-End System, as well as via electronic mail
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`to counsel of record for Petitioner (and jointed Petitioners) at the following
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`addresses:
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`IPR2021-00922
`Patent No. 8,553,079
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`Adam P. Seitz (Adam.Seitz@eriseip.com)
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`Paul R. Hart (Paul.Hart@eriseip.com)
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`Matthew D. Satchwell (Matthew.satchwell@dlapiper.com)
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`Gianni Minutoli (gianni.minutoli@us.dlapiper.com)
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`Paul R. Steadman (Paul.steadman@dlapiper.com)
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`Erika H. Arner (erika.arner@finnegan.com)
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`Daniel C. Cooley (daniel.cooley@finnegan.com)
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`Mingji Jin (mingji.jin@finnegan.com)
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By: /Todd E. Landis/
`Todd E. Landis
`Registration No. 44,200
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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