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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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`NINTENDO CO., LTD., and NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`__________
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`Case IPR2021-01338
`U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941 B1
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`____________________________________________________________
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`IPR2021-01338: Patent Owner’s Notice of Appeal
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`Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141(c), 142, and 319, and 37
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`C.F.R. §§ 90.2(a) and 90.3(a), that Patent Owner Ancora Technologies, Inc., hereby
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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 entered on January 25, 2023 in IPR2021-01338 (Paper 48), and
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`from all underlying orders, decisions, rulings, and opinions that are adverse to Patent
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`Owner, including, without limitation, those within the Decision on Institution of
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`Inter Partes Review, entered on January 27, 2022 (Paper 9).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner further indicates
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`that the issues on appeal include, but are not limited to, the Board’s claim
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`constructions, the Board’s determination that claims 1–3, 6–14, and 16 are
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`unpatentable over U.S. Patent No. 4,658,093 to Hellman (“Hellman”) and U.S.
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`Patent No. 5,892,906 to Chou (“Chou”) and over Hellman, Chou, and U.S. Patent
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`No. 5,933,498, the Board’s determinations regarding object evidence of non-
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`obviousness, and all other issues decided adversely to Patent Owner in any orders,
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`decisions, rulings, and opinions; the Board’s consideration and analysis of the expert
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`testimony, prior art, and other evidence in the record; and the Board’s factual
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`findings, conclusions of law, or other determination supporting or relating to the
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`above issues.
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`This Notice of Appeal is timely pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.3, having been
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`duly filed within 63 days after the Final Written Decision.
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`IPR2021-01338: Patent Owner’s Notice of Appeal
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`A copy of the Notice of Appeal is being filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board. In addition, a copy of this Notice of Appeal is being filed with the Clerk’s
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`Office for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the
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`required docketing fee will be paid electronically using pay.gov.
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`If there is any fee due in connection with the filing of this Notice of Appeal,
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`please charge the fee to Deposit Account No. 06-1135.
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`Dated: March 22, 2023
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`
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`120 South LaSalle Street
`Suite 2100
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`(312) 577-7000
`(312) 577-7007 (fax)
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`Respectfully submitted,
`FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY LLP
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`By: /Nicholas T. Peters/
`Nicholas T. Peters
`Registration No. 53,456
`ntpete@fitcheven.com
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`IPR2021-01338: Patent Owner’s Notice of Appeal
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e)(4) and
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`90.2, the foregoing PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL and all
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`accompanying documents, were filed electronically via the PTAB E2E system, with
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`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on March 22, 2023, pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`42.6(b)(1), and that the foregoing Notice of Appeal and accompanying documents
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`were served upon the Petitioner pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 42.6(e)(1) via electronic mail
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`on March 22, 2023, by serving the attorneys of record below at PerkinsService-
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`Nintendo-Ancora-IPR@perkinscoie.com:
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`Lead Counsel
`Jerry A. Riedinger
`Reg. No. 30,582
`riedinger-ptab@perkinscoie.com
`Perkins Coie LLP
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`Back-up Counsel
`Kyle Canavera, Reg. No. 72,167
`canavera-ptab@perkinscoie.com
`Perkins Coie LLP
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`Theresa H. Nguyen (pro hac vice)
`nguyen-ptab@perkinscoie.com
`Perkins Coie LLP
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`Tara Kurtis, Reg. No. 74,846
`kurtis-ptab@perkinscoie.com
`Perkins Coie LLP
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`The undersigned further certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent Owner’s Notice
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`of Appeal and accompanying documents were filed on March 22, 2023, with the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit through the Court’s CM/ECF
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`filing system and that the filing fee is being paid electronically using pay.gov.
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`IPR2021-01338: Patent Owner’s Notice of Appeal
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`Dated: March 22, 2023
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`By:
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`/Nicholas T. Peters/
`Nicholas T. Peters
`Reg. No. 53,456
`ntpete@fitcheven.com
`Karen J. Wang
`Reg. No. 62,503
`kwang@fitcheven.com
`FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY LLP
`120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 2100
`Chicago, IL 60603
`(312) 577-7000
`(312) 577-7007 (fax)
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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