Centripetal Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 21-1888 (Fed. Cir. June 23, 2022)

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Appellant Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) appeal s from the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia holding that Cisco willfully infringed claims 9 and 17 of U.S. Patent No. 9,203,806 (“the ’806 pa- tent”); claims 11 and 21 of U.S. Patent No. 9,56 0,176 (“the ’176 patent”); claims 18 and 19 of U.S. Patent No. 9,686,193 (“the ’193 patent”); and claims 24 and 25 of U.S. Patent No. 9,917,856 (“the ’856 patent”).