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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BLD SERVICES, LLC
`Petitioner
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`V.
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`LMK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00770
`Patent 8,667,991
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
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`FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
`BY PATENT OWNER LMK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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`Case No.: IPR2014-00770
`Patent No.: 8,667,991
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`Notice of Appeal
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 10B20
`600 DulanyStreet
`Alexandria, VA 22314-5793
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`Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141(c) and 142, 37 C.F.R. 3§
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`90.2(a) and 90.3, Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, and Local
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`Rule 15 of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, that Patent
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`Owner LMK Technologies, LLC (“LMK”) appeals to the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision entered on November
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`18, 2015 (Paper 40)(the “Final Written Decision”).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), LMK further indicates that the
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`issues on appeal include all issues decided adversely to LMKin anyorders,decisions,
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`rulings and opinions. This includes,butis not limitedto:
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`1.
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`The Board’s determination of unpatentability of claims 1 and 5-37 of
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`subject U.S. Patent No. 8,667,991 (“the ‘991 patent”), under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), as
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`being unpatentable over Kiest U.S. Patent No. 6,994,118, Kiest U.S. Patent No.
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`5,765,597 and De Neef Brochure, and any finding or determination supporting or
`related to that determination.
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`2.
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`The proper construction of claims 1 and 5-37 of the ‘991 patent,
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`including application of the appropriate legal standard.
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`Simultaneous with this submission, a copy of this Notice of Appeal is being
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`Case No.: IPR2014-00770
`Patent No.: 8,667,991
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`Notice of Appeal
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`filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Clerk’s Office for the United
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`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`Dated: January 20, 2016
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`Jeffrey D. Harty
`Registration No. 40,639
`Nyemaster Goode, P.C.
`700 Walnut, Suite 1600
`Des Moines, Iowa 50309
`Phone: 515-283-8038
`jeff. harty@nyemaster.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Christopher L. McKee/
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`By:
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`Christopher L. McKee
`Registration No. 32,384
`Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
`1100 13th Street NW, Suite 1200
`Washington, DC 20005
`Main: 202-824-3000
`cmckee@bannerwitcott.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`LMKTechnologies, LLC
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`Case No.: IPR2014-00770
`Patent No.: 8,667,991
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`Notice of Appeal
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`CERTIFICATES OF FILING AND SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing NOTICE OF
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`APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
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`FEDERAL CIRCUIT BY PATENT OWNER LMK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is
`being filed electronically through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Patent
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`Review Processing System (PRPS) on this 20th day of January, 2016, and,
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`additionally that on the same date a true and correct copy is being hand delivered to
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`the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, at the following
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`address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 10B20
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314-5793
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing NOTICE OF
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`APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
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`FEDERAL CIRCUIT BY THE PATENT OWNER LMK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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`is being filed electronically with the filing fee on this 20th day of January, 2016, with
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`the Clerk’s Office of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. On
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`the same date, pursuant to Fed. Cir. L.R. 15, three true and correct copies of the
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`foregoing are being sent to the Clerk’s Office via U.S. Express Mail at the following
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`address:
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`Case No.: IPR2014-00770
`Patent No.: 8,667,991
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`Notice of Appeal
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
`717 Madison Place, N.W., Room 401
`Washington, D.C. 20005
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`I hereby certify service on the Petitioner, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) and
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`agreementofthe parties, by email delivery of a true copy of the foregoing NOTICE
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`OF APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
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`FEDERAL CIRCUIT BY THE PATENT OWNER LMK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
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`to counsel of record for Petitioner as follows:
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`Scott A.M. Chambers, PhD.
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`sachambers@pbnlaw.com
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`Matthew D. Zapadka
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`mdzapadka@pbnlaw.com
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`on this 20th day of January, 2016.
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`/Christopher L. McKee/
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`Christopher L. McKee
`Registration No. 32,384
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`LMKTechnologies, LLC
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