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`December 18, 2014
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Stow Kessler
`Goldstein Fox
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`Mall Stop PATENT BOARD
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`Re: (cid:9)
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`Petitioners’ Requests for Rehearing
`U.S. Patent No. 7,676,411 II CBM2014-00133
`U.S. Patent No. 6,772,132/I CBM2014-00135
`U.S. Patent No. 7,685,055/I CBM2014-00137
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`Dear PTAB:
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`Due to the PRPS service outage on December 16, 2014, counsel for Petitioners in the
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`above-captioned Covered Business Method Review proceedings were instructed by Maria
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`Vignone, a paralegal at the USPTO, to submit filings (Requests for Rehearing) due on December
`16, 2014, via e-mail to tria1s(uspto.gov . Counsel for Petitioners filed and served the Requests
`for Rehearing in the above-captioned proceedings via email on December 16, 2014, as
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`instructed. Ms. Vignone authorized Counsel via email to file the Requests for Rehearing via
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`PRPS on December 17, 2014, once PRPS was operational.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`S, SSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`Robert B. Sokohl (Reg. No. 36,013)
`Attorney for Petitioners, TD Ameritrade Holding
`Corp., TD Ameritrade, Inc., and TD Ameritrade
`Online Holdings Corp.
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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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`TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORP.,
`TD AMERITRADE, INC.,
`TD AMERITRADE ONLINE HOLDINGS CORP.
`Petitioners
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2014-00135
`Patent No. 6,772,132 B1
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR REHEARING
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`I.
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`II.
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`CBM2014-00135
`U.S. Patent No. 6,772,132 B1
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`Table of Contents
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`Relief Requested .............................................................................................. 1
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`Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1
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`III. The Board should have decided to institute review on the asserted grounds
`that claims 1-56 are obvious over the Silverman combinations. ..................... 2
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`The Board misapprehended the Petition’s discussion of Gutterman as
`addressing the “single action” limitations. ............................................ 3
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`The Board overlooked key arguments in the Petition that Togher
`meets the “single action” limitations. .................................................... 6
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`IV. Conclusion ..................................................................................................... 10
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`I.
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`Relief Requested
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`CBM2014-00135
`U.S. Patent No. 6,772,132 B1
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`Petitioners and real parties-in-interest, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., TD
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`Ameritrade, Inc., and TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp., (“TD Ameritrade”)
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`respectfully ask the Board to reconsider its decision to not institute review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,772,132 B1 (“the ’132 patent”) (Ex. 1001), owned by Trading
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`Technologies International, Inc. (“TTI”), on the ground that claims 1-56 are
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`unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Silverman, Gutterman, and Togher.
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`II.
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`Introduction
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`TD Ameritrade petitioned (paper 4) (“Pet.”) the Board seeking CBM Review
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`of the ’132 patent on the following grounds:
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`Claims
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`1-56
`1-3, 5-8, 9, 10, 13-16, 18-20, 22, 23,
`25-28, 30, 32, 33, 35-38, 40-43, 45-
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`4, 11, & 17
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`24, 34, & 44
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`1-3, 6-10, 13-15, 16, 19-22, 25, 27-
`28, 30-32, 35, 37-38, 40-42, 45, 47-
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`5, 6, 12, 13, 18, 19, 23, 26, 33, 36,
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`4, 11, 17
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`Ground
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`§ 103 Silverman (Ex. 1007),
`Gutterman (Ex. 1008), Togher (Ex.
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`§ 103 Silverman, Gutterman, Togher,
`May (Ex. 1010)
`§ 103 Silverman, Gutterman, Togher,
`Paal (Ex. 1011)
`§ 103 TSE (Ex. 1012/1013),Togher
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`§ 103 TSE, Togher, Gutterman
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`§ 103 TSE, Togher, May
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`Pet. at 8-9.
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`In its Decision (paper 19), the Board instituted review on the § 101 ground,
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`but denied instating review of all the § 103 grounds. Decision 22. TD Ameritrade
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`seeks rehearing of the Board’s decision to not institute review under § 103 based
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`on the Silverman combinations (i.e., grounds 3-5 highlighted above).
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`III. The Board should have decided to institute review on the asserted
`grounds that claims 1-56 are obvious over the Silverman combinations.
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`Independent claim 1 of the ’132 patent requires,
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`displaying an order entry region aligned with the static display prices
`comprising a plurality of areas for receiving commands from the user
`input devices to send trade orders, each area corresponding to a price
`of the static display of prices; and
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`selecting a particular area in the order entry region through single
`action of the user input device with a pointer of the user input device
`positioned over the particular area to set a plurality of additional
`parameters for the trade order and send the trade order to the
`electronic exchange.
`’132 patent 12:16-26.
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`Independent claims 8 and 14 require similar limitations. Decision 17. The
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`Petition relied on Togher, combined with Silverman and Gutterman, to meet the
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`“single action” limitations. Pet. 21-22, 30, 37-38. The Board erred when it denied
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`instituting review of claims 1-56 over the Silverman, Gutterman, and Togher
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`combination because it misapprehended the Petition as relying on Gutterman alone
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`to disclose the “single action” limitations, Decision 17 (citing only p. 20 of the
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`Petition), and overlooked key arguments in the Petition that Togher meets the
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`“single action” limitations.
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`A. The Board misapprehended the Petition’s discussion of
`Gutterman as addressing the “single action” limitations.
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`Before addressing specific claim limitations, the Petition presented a
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`discussion describing the graphical user interface (“GUI”) disclosed by Gutterman
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`for displaying market information. Pet. 19-20 (Gutterman’s “deck pane”).
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`Specifically, the Petition highlighted that “[o]rders in the deck pane … are
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`represented by order icons” that are arranged along a vertically-oriented price axis.
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`Id. at 19 (internal quotations omitted). The Petition further explained that the order
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`icons of Gutterman are “active. That is when the user selects the order icon, the
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`system performs one or more actions” related to placing a trade order. Id. at 20
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`(internal quotations omitted).
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`Petitioner also explained in the Petition that, under the proper construction
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`of the term “single action,” see Pet. 11 (construing “single action”); Decision 12
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`(adopting the Petition’s construction of “single action”), selecting an order icon
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`followed by selecting a “SEND FILL” button in rapid succession qualifies as a
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`“single action.”1 Pet. 20. The Board misapprehended this discussion as addressing
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`the specific “single action” limitations at issue:
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`Petitioner relies upon Gutterman’s disclosure of a trader selecting an
`order icon, which causes the system to populate an electronic message
`with the trade information, and, then, selecting a ‘SEND FILL’ button
`to transmit the message, to meet the claim limitation of selecting a
`particular area through a single action to set parameters and to send
`the trade order.
`Decision 17 (citing only p. 20 of the Petition – the discussion of Gutterman).
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`But the Petition did not rely on this discussion of Gutterman to meet the
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`specific “single action” limitations. See Pet. at 21-22, 30, 37-38 (omitting the
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`1 Patent Owner admitted in a CBM proceeding of a related patent that
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`“single action” trading was prior art. CBM2014-00136, paper 18 (Patent Owner’s
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`Preliminary Response), 7 (admitting that conventional trading tools “permitted
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`‘single action’ order entry that consisted of a trader presetting a default quantity
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`and then clicking on a cell in the screen (i.e., pressing a button on the tool) to cause
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`a trade order message to be sent to the exchange at the preset quantity and at the
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`price value associated with that cell”); CBM2014-00136, paper 19 (Institution
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`Decision), 11 (“Patent Owner describes this prior art GUI tool as ‘conventional’
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`and states that [s]ome of these types of tools permitted ‘single action’ order entry.”
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`(internal citations omitted)).
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`discussion of Gutterman’s “SEND FILL” button). Instead, the very next page of
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`the Petition after the page cited in the Decision, the Petition explicitly stated that
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`Togher, not Gutterman, discloses the “single action” limitations:
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`[T]he combination of Silverman and Gutterman fails to disclose
`selecting an area of the GUI through a single action “to both set a
`price for the trade order and send the trade order having a
`default quantity to the electronic exchange.” The use of default
`values and automatic entry of information (e.g., price) was a well-
`known technique in the field of GUIs well before the earliest possible
`priority of the ’132 patent. Togher describes such a system and
`method that is in the same field as Silverman and Gutterman.
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`Togher discloses an “electronic brokerage system having a
`communication network connecting traders dealing with financial
`instruments.” The “electronic brokerage system facilitates the buying
`and selling of large blocks of foreign currency by traders.” Togher
`discloses setting default values for trade orders: “As shown in FIG. 4,
`each trader can call up a ‘Trader Profile’ screen 70 … to establish or
`modify his personal default values for normal and maximum trading
`size ….” Setting default values allow a trader to “quickly and
`accurately respond to a new Dealable Bid or offer price by merely
`activating a Buy button 34 or a Sell button 36, respectively on the
`screen, assuming that the display is touch sensitive or is provided
`with a ‘mouse’ or other pointing device.”
`Id. at 21-22 (emphasis added) (internal quotations omitted).
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`Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response (paper 17) (“POPR”)
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`mischaracterized the Petition and led to the Board’s misapprehension of this issue.
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`See Decision 19 (“we are persuaded by Patent Owner that Gutterman does not
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`meet the ‘single action’ limitation”). Specifically, Patent Owner mischaracterized
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`Grounds 3-5 of the Petition as the “Silverman/Gutterman combinations” (notably
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`omitting Togher), POPR 59, and mischaracterized the Petition as relying on
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`Gutterman to disclose the “single action” limitations, POPR 59-61 (incorrectly
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`stating that “none of the other references in the identified Silverman/Gutterman
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`combinations are mentioned in Petitioners’ discussion of the single action
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`elements”). The Preliminary Response also failed to address the Petition’s
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`arguments that Togher, when combined with Silverman and Gutterman, discloses
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`the “single action” limitations. Id. Patent Owner’s mischaracterizations and
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`omissions led the Board to overlook key arguments in the Petition that Togher
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`meets the “single action” limitations.
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`B.
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`The Board overlooked key arguments in the Petition that Togher
`meets the “single action” limitations.
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`The Petition relied on the combination of Silverman, Gutterman, and Togher
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`to meet the limitations of claims 1, 8, and 14 of the ’132 patent. Pet. 16-50. It
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`explained that Silverman teaches a trader using a standard input device (e.g.,
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`mouse) to place a trade in a market that he/she is observing on a display – the
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`“keystation” display. Id. at 24-25, 29, 34. And Gutterman teaches a market display
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`that has “active” icons that have certain parameters (price, quantity) built into their
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`appearance, and that perform some market-related action when selected. Id. at 19-
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`The Petition reasoned that applying Gutterman’s active icons to Silverman’s
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`keystation display would allow a trader to select an icon using a standard input
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`device to place a trade that has certain parameters already set. Id. at 20 (“a
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`PHOSITA would have been motivated to use the ‘active’ order icons of Gutterman
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`in the keystation display of Silverman to permit a trader to place orders”), 29.
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`FIGS. A and B of Mr. Román’s declaration (Ex. 1005) illustrate the GUI produced
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`by combining Silverman’s keystation with certain aspects of Gutterman’s deck
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`Pet. 21 (FIG. A), 32 (FIG. B); see also id. at 24-26 (providing five reasons a skilled
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`artisan would have combined Silverman and Gutterman as suggested).
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`But the Petition recognized that “the combination of Silverman and
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`Gutterman fails to disclose selecting an area of the GUI through a single action to
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`both set a price for the trade order and send the trade order having a default
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`quantity to the electronic exchange,” Pet. 21 (internal quotations omitted), and
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`relied on Togher to meet the “single action” limitations, id. at 21-22, 30, 37-38.
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`Togher discloses a trading tool that allows traders to establish default values,
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`such as trade quantity, that can be used when making trades via a GUI. Id. at 22,
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`30. Togher’s GUI displays a trade price, and allows a trader to select a particular
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`location using a conventional input device (e.g., a mouse) to place an order at the
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`displayed price using the default values. Id. That is, Togher discloses selecting a
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`particular location of an order entry region to both set trade parameters (i.e., the
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`default values) and send the trade to the market.2
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`The Petition provided several reasons a skilled artisan would have combined
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`Togher with Silverman and Gutterman. Id. at 26-28. Notably, “Togher’s entire
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`background section is devoted to describing Silverman’s electronic exchange. …
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`Togher’s endorsement of Silverman’s electronic exchange is an explicit suggestion
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`to combine these teachings.” Id. at 28. Thus the Petition addressed the Graham
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`factors, see Decision 16-17, and demonstrated that claims 1-56 are more likely
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`than not obvious over the combination of Silverman, Gutterman, and Togher.
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`The Board completely overlooked these arguments. Like Patent Owner’s
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`2 TD Ameritrade again notes that Patent Owner admitted in a CBM
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`proceeding of a related patent that this type of “single action” trading was prior art.
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`CBM2014-00136, paper 18 (Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response), 7; CBM2014-
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`00136, paper 19 (Institution Decision), 11.
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`Preliminary Response, the Decision never addressed Togher. Instead, finding that
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`Gutterman fails to disclose the "single action" limitations, the Decision denied
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`instituting trial on grounds 3-5 of the Petition. Decision 17-19. But since the
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`Petition argued that Togher discloses the "single action" limitations, and the Board
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`overlooked these arguments in its Decision, Petitioners respectfully request
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`reconsideration and institution of grounds 3-5 of the Petition.
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`IV. Conclusion
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`For these reasons, TD Ameritrade respectfully requests that the Board grant
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`this Request and institute review of claims 1-56 as obvious over the Silverman
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`combinations (i.e., grounds 3-5 of the Petition).
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`Respectfully submitted,
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEiN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`Robert E. Sokohi (Reg. No. 36,013)
`A ttorney for Petitioners, TD Ameritrade
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`Date: December 16, 2014
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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`As required by 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e) and 42.205(a)), the undersigned hereby
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`certifies that the foregoing PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR REHEARING
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`was served on December 16, 2014, in its entirety via email on the following:
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`Back-Up Counsel
`Lead Counsel
`Steven F. Borsand (Reg. No. 36,752)
`Erika H. Amer (Reg. No. 57,540) (cid:9)
`Steve.Borsandtradingtechno1ogies.com
`erika.amer@flnnegan.com (cid:9)
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Trading Technologies International, Inc.
`& Dunner, LLP (cid:9)
`222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1100
`Chicago, IL 60606
`11955 Freedom Drive (cid:9)
`Phone: (312) 476-1018
`Reston, VA 20190 (cid:9)
`Phone: (571) 203-2754
`Fax: (202) 408-4400 (cid:9)
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`Joshua L. Goldberg (Reg. No. 59,369)
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &
`Dunner, LLP
`901 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`Phone: (202) 408-6092
`Fax: (202) 408-4400
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`STERNE ,(1SLER, GOLDSTEiN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`By
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`Robert E. Sokohl (Reg. No. 36,013)
`Attorney for Petitioners, TD Ameritrade
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`Date: December 16, 2014
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C.20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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