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Case CBM2012-00005
`Patent 6,675,151
`Attorney Docket No. FPT-L6
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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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`CRS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`Patent of FRONTLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2012-00005
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`Patent 6,675,151
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`PATENT OWNER FRONTLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.'S
`NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Case CBM2012-00005
`Patent 6,675,151
`Attorney Docket No. FPT-L6
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 1 OB20
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314-5793
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`Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), that Patent
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`Owner Frontline Technologies, Inc. ("Frontline") hereby appeals to the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final
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`Written Decision entered on January 21, 2014 (Paper 66), and from all
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`underlying orders, decisions, rulings and opinions, including without
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`limitation the Decision on Institution of Covered Business Method Review
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`entered on January 23, 2013 (Paper 17) and the Order on Rehearing entered
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`on February 19, 2013 (Paper 34).
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`In accordance with 37 C.P.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner Frontline
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`further indicates that the issues on appeal include, but are not limited to, the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board's application and use of the broadest
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`reasonable interpretation standard, claim construction, determination of
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`unpatentability of claims 3, 6, 7, 16, 24, and 33 of Frontline's U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,675,151 ("'151 patent") under 35 U.S.C. § 101, determination that the
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`'151 patent is a covered business method patent and is not a technological
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`Case CBM2012-00005
`Patent 6,675,151
`Attorney Docket No. FPT-L6
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`invention, determination that CRS had standing to institute this proceeding,
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`determination that 35 U.S.C. § 101 is a permissible basis for review, and any
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`finding or determination supporting or related to those issues, as well as all
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`other issues decided adversely to Patent Owner Frontline in any orders,
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`decisions, rulings and opinions. Patent Owner Frontline also hereby appeals
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`the United States Patent and Trademark Office exceeding its statutory
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`authority through rulemaking, including without limitation by adopting Rule
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`37 C.P.R. 42.304(b)(2) and Rules of Practice, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,680, 48,684
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`(Aug. 14, 2012), expanding the ground for review to include 35 U.S.C. §
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`101, contrary to statutory requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 282(b)(2)-(3).
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`Simultaneous with submission of this original Notice of Appeal to the
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, this Notice of
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`Appeal is being filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In addition,
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`three copies of this Notice of Appeal, along with the required docketing fees,
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`are being filed with the Clerk's Office for the United States Court of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: March 24, 2014
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`

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`Case CBM2012-00005
`Patent 6,675,151
`Attorney Docket No. FPT-L6
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`John P. Donohue, Jr.
`Reg. No. 29,916
`Baker & Hostetler, LLP
`Cira Centre- 12th Floor
`2929 Arch Street
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
`Phone: 215.568.3100
`Fax: 215.568.3439
`Email: donohue@woodcock.com
`
`R. Scott Tewes
`Tewes Law Group LLC
`Sugarloaf Corporate Center
`2180 Satellite Blvd., Suite 400
`Duluth, GA 30097
`Phone: 678.382.0388
`Fax: 678.382.0389
`Email: STewes@TewesLaw.com
`
`Attorneys for Patent Owner Frontline
`Technologies, Inc.
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`Case CBM2012-00005
`Patent 6,675,151
`Attorney Docket No. FPT -L6
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`I hereby certify that, in addition to being filed electronically through
`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's PRPS System, the original version of
`the foregoing, PATENT OWNER FRONTLINE' S NOTICE OF APPEAL,
`was filed by hand on this 24th day of March, 2014, with the Director of the
`United States Patent and Trademark Office, at the following address:
`
`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
`
`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`I hereby certify that three (3) true and correct copies of the foregoing,
`PATENT OWNER FRONTLINE'S NOTICE OF APPEAL, were filed by
`hand on this 24th day of March, 2014, with the Clerk's Office of the United
`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, at the following 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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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing,
`PATENT OWNER FRONTLINE'S NOTICE OF APPEAL, are being
`served, in accordance with the parties' electronic service agreement, by
`electronic mail on this 24th day of March, 2014, on the following counsel
`for the Petitioner:
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`E. Robert Yoches, Esq. (Reg. No. 30,120)
`Aaron J. Capron, Esq. (Reg. No. 56, 170)
`Darrel C. Karl, Esq.
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`Case CBM20 12-00005
`Patent 6,675,151
`Attorney Docket No. FPT-L6
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`901 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20001-4413
`Phone: (202) 408-4000
`bob. yoches @finnegan. com
`aaron. capron @finnegan. com
`darrel.karl@finnegan.com
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`Dated: March 24, 2014
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`John P. Donohue, Jr., Reg. No. 29,916
`Baker & Hostetler, LLP
`Cira Centre - 12th Floor
`2929 Arch Street
`Philadelphia, P A 19103
`Phone: 215.568.3100
`Fax: 215.568.3439
`Email: dono hue @woodcock. com
`
`R. Scott Tewes
`Tewes Law Group LLC
`Sugarloaf Corporate Center
`2180 Satellite Blvd., Suite 400
`Duluth, GA 30097
`Phone: 678.382.0388
`Fax: 678.382.0389
`Email: STewes@TewesLaw.com
`
`Attorneys for Patent Owner Frontline
`Technologies, Inc.
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