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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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`TRADESTATION GROUP INC.,
`TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC., IBG LLC, and INTERACTIVE
`BROKERS LLC.,
`Petitioners,
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2015-001611
`Patent No. 6,766,304
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`PETITIONERS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`1 Case CBM2016-00035 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`Case CBM2015-00161
`Attorney Docket No. 41919-0005CP1
`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 142 and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), Petitioners,
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`TradeStation Group Inc., TradeStation Securities, Inc., IBG LLC, and Interactive
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`Brokers LLC, respectfully give Notice that they hereby appeal to the United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s
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`(“Board”) Final Written Decision, dated February 17, 2017 (Paper 129), and from
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`all other underlying orders, decisions, rulings and opinions related thereto and
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`included therein. This notice is timely filed within 63 days of the Board’s Final
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`Written Decision.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Petitioners indicate that the
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`issues on appeal include, but are not limited to (1) whether the Board erred in
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`finding that claims 1-40 of U.S. Patent No. 6,766,304 are patent eligible under 35
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`U.S.C. § 101, (2) the Board’s claim constructions or failure to construe any terms,
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`issues as well as other issues decided adversely to Petitioners in any order,
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`decisions, rulings, or opinions.
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`Case CBM2015-00161
`Attorney Docket No. 41919-0005CP1
`Simultaneous with this submission, a copy of the Notice of Appeal is being
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`Dated: February 23, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/John C. Phillips/
`John C. Phillips
`Reg. No. 35,322
`Fish & Richardson, P.C.
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`Attorney for Petitioners
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`Case CBM2015-00161
`Attorney Docket No. 41919-0005CP1
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) and 42.205(b), the undersigned certifies
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`that on February 23, 2017, a complete and entire copy of this Notice of Appeal was
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`provided via email to Patent Owner by serving the correspondence address of
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`record as follows:
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`Erika H. Arner, Joshua L. Goldberg, Kevin D. Rodkey,
`Rachel L. Emsley, and Cory C. Bell
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
`Email: erika.arner@finnegan.com
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
`kevin.rodkey@finnegan.com
`rachel.emsley@finnegan.com
`cory.bell@finnegan.com
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`Steven F. Borsand, Jay Q. Knobloch
`Trading Technologies International, Inc.
`Email: tt-patent-cbm@tradingtechnologies.com
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`Michael D. Gannon, Leif R. Sigmond, Jr., and Jennifer M. Kurcz
`McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
`Email: gannon@mbhb.com
`sigmond@mbhb.com
`kurcz@mbhb.com
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`Case CBM2015-00161
`Attorney Docket No. 41919-0005CP1
`I hereby certify that, in addition to being filed electronically through the
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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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`I hereby certify that on February 23, 2017, a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing Notice of Appeal, along with a copy of the Final Written Decision, was
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`filed electronically with the Clerk’s Office of the United States Court of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit, at the following address:
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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