`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 143
`Entered: April 26, 2017
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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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`IBG LLC,
`INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC, TRADESTATION GROUP, INC.
`TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC.,
`TRADESTATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., and IBFX, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`CBM2015-00181 (Patent 7,676,411 B2)
`CBM2015-00182 (Patent 6,772,132 B1)
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, and
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Denying Patent Owner’s Request for Rehearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.71
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`CBM2015-00181 (Patent 7,676,411 B2)
`CBM2015-00182 (Patent 6,772,132 B1)
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`INTRODUCTION
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`On February 28, 2017, we entered a final written decision in
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`CBM2015-00182, determining that claims 1–28, 30–38, 40–48, and 50–56
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`of U.S. Patent No. 6,772,132 B1 are unpatentable (CBM2015-00182,
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`Paper 129), and on March 3, 2017, we entered a final written decision in
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`CBM2015-00181, determining claims 1–28 (the “challenged claims”) of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,676,411 B2 are unpatentable (CBM2015-00181,
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`Paper 138 (“Final Dec.”). Patent Owner seeks rehearing of those decisions,
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`but only with respect to whether the TSE reference (“TSE”)1 qualifies as a
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`printed publication. CBM2015-00181, Paper 142 (“Request” or “Reh’g
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`Req.”); CBM2015-00182, Paper 134.2
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`STANDARD OF REVIEW
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`In covered business method review, the petitioner has the burden of
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`showing unpatentability by a preponderance of the evidence. 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 326(e). The standard of review for rehearing requests is set forth in
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.71(d), which states:
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`The burden of showing a decision should be modified lies with
`the party challenging the decision. The request must specifically
`identify all matters the party believes the Board misapprehended
`or overlooked, and the place where each matter was previously
`addressed in a motion, an opposition, or a reply.
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`1 Tokyo Stock Exchange Operation System Division, Futures/Option
`Purchasing System Trading Terminal Operation Guide (1998) (Ex. 1006;
`Ex. 1007 is the English translation). Exhibits numbers are from the
`CBM2015-00181 record. The same reference is at issue in CBM2015-
`00182.
`2 Citations to the record hereinafter are with reference to CBM2015-00181,
`unless otherwise noted.
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`2
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`CBM2015-00181 (Patent 7,676,411 B2)
`CBM2015-00182 (Patent 6,772,132 B1)
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`ANALYSIS
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`Patent Owner’s Request is based on disagreement with our
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`determination that the TSE reference is a printed publication. Request 1–7.
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`Petitioner presents two main groups of arguments: those directed to our
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`alleged misunderstanding of Federal Circuit decisions (id. at 2–5), and those
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`directed to alleged inconsistencies between our decision and those of other
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`panels at the Board (id. at 5–7).
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`With respect to its discussion of Federal Circuit decisions, we note
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`that Patent Owner fails to even once cite to “the place where each matter
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`was previously addressed in a motion, an opposition, or a reply.” 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.71(d). Patent Owner’s Request simply sets forth its disagreement with
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`our Final Decisions. We are aware of the Federal Circuit decisions
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`addressing public accessibility, and we discussed those decisions in our
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`Final Decisions. Final Dec. 34, 40. Disagreement with our determination
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`alone is not sufficient basis for us to modify our Final Decisions.
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`As for Patent Owner’s discussion of other decisions by other Board
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`panels, we note that none of those decisions are precedential and, therefore,
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`are not binding upon us.
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`Moreover, our Final Decisions also determined that
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`even assuming that a person of ordinary skill in the art is
`narrowly limited to a “GUI designer” as Patent Owner asserts,
`we find that securities companies for banks (“participants”)
`provided their own front-end order entry software, and that such
`participants would have employed GUI designers to formulate
`the front-end order entry software to facilitate trading on the
`Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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`3
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`CBM2015-00181 (Patent 7,676,411 B2)
`CBM2015-00182 (Patent 6,772,132 B1)
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`Id. at 42 (citing Ex. 2169 ¶ 32). Accordingly, “[w]e determine[d] . . . that
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`the record evidence supports a determination that TSE was publically
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`accessible to persons interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter.”
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`Id. (emphasis added). Petitioner fails to identify, or even allege, error in our
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`finding that “securities companies for banks (‘participants’) provided their
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`own front-end order entry software, and that such participants would have
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`employed GUI designers to formulate the front-end order entry software to
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`facilitate trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.” Id. Whether TSE was
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`required to be accessible to GUI designers, therefore, does not change our
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`ultimate determination that TSE qualifies as a printed publication.
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`For all of these reasons, Patent Owner’s Request does not apprise us
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`of sufficient reason to modify our Final Decisions.
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`Patent Owner additionally suggests an expanded panel to decide the
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`issues noted above. Reh’g Req. 7–9. Discretion to expand a panel rests with
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`the Chief Judge, who, on behalf of the Director, may act to expand a panel
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`on a suggestion from a judge or panel. AOL Inc. v. Coho Licensing LLC,
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`IPR2014-00771, slip op. at 2 (PTAB Mar. 24, 2015) (Paper 12)
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`(informative). Patent Owner’s suggestion was considered by the Chief
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`Administrative Patent Judge, who declined to expand the panel.
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`Accordingly, it is:
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`ORDER
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Request is denied in each of
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`CBM2015-00181 and CBM2015-00182.
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`4
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`CBM2015-00181 (Patent 7,676,411 B2)
`CBM2015-00182 (Patent 6,772,132 B1)
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`PETITIONER:
`Robert Sokohl
`Rsokohl-ptab@skgf.com
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`Lori Gordon
`Lgordon-ptab@skgf.com
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`Richard Bemben
`Rbemben-ptab@skgf.com
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`John Phillips
`Cbm41919-0008cp1@fr.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Leif Sigmond
`sigmond@mbhb.com
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`Cole Richter
`richter@mbhb.com
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`Michael Gannon
`gannon@mbhb.com
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`Jennifer Kurcz
`kurcz@mbhb.com
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`Jay Knobloch
`Jay.knobloch@tradingtechnologies.com
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