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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.;
`Petitioners
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2015-00182
`Patent 6,772,132
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`PETITIONER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`via PTAB E2E
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`via Hand Carry
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel, 10B20
`Madison Building East
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`via CM/ECF
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 142 and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), Petitioners IBG LLC;
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`CBM2015-00182
`U.S. Patent No. 6,772,132
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`Interactive Brockers LLC; TradeStation Group Inc.; TradeStation Securities, Inc.;
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`Tradestation Technologies, Inc.; and IBFX Inc.(“Petitioners”) give notice that
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`Petitioners appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) Final Written Decision
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`entered on February 28, 2017 (Paper 129), and from all underlying orders,
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`decisions, rulings, and opinions.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), the issues on appeal include, but are
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`not limited to (1) whether the Board erred in finding that claims 29, 39, and 49 of
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,772,132 are not unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103, (2) whether
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`the Board erred in not finding that claims 1-56 are patent ineligible under 35
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`U.S.C. § 101, (3) the Board’s claim constructions or failure to construe any terms,
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`and (4) any findings or determinations supporting or related to the aforementioned
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`issues, as well as all other issues decided adversely to Petitioners in any order,
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`decision, ruling, or opinions.
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`A copy of this Notice of Appeal is simultaneously being filed electronically
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`with the Board. In addition, a copy of this Notice of Appeal, along with the
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`required docketing fees and a copy of the Board’s Final Written Decision are being
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`electronically 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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`Date: May 15, 2017
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`CBM2015-00182
`U.S. Patent No. 6,772,132
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Robert Sokohl/
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`Robert E. Sokohl (Reg. No. 36,013)
`Lori A. Gordon (Reg. No. 50,633)
`Richard M. Bemben (Reg. No. 68,658)
`Attorneys for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that, in addition to being electronically
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`filed through PTAB E2E, a true and correct copy of the above-captioned
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`PETITIONER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL is being filed by hand with the Director
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`on May 15, 2017, at the following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel, 10B20
`Madison Building East
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`The undersigned also hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
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`above-captioned PETITIONER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL and the filing fee is
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`being filed via CM/ECF with the Clerk’s Office of the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 15, 2017.
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`Date: May 15, 2017
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Robert Sokohl/
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`Robert E. Sokohl (Reg. No. 36,013)
`Attorney for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL was served electronically via e-mail on May 15, 2017, in
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`its entirety on Attorneys for Patent Owner:
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`Erika H. Arner, Joshua L. Goldberg, Kevin D. Rodkey,
`Rachel L. Emsley, Cory C. Bell
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`Erika.arner@finnegan.com
`Joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
`Kevin.rodkey@finnegan.com
`Rachel.emsley@finnegan.com
`Cory.bell@finnegan.com
`Trading-Tech-CBM@finnegan.com
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`Steven F. Borsand, Jay Q. Knobloch
`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
`tt-patent-cbm@tradingtechnologies.com
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`Leif R. Sigmond, Jr., Cole B. Richter, Michael D. Gannon, and Jennifer M. Kurcz
`MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP
`sigmond@mbhb.com
`richter@mbhb.com
`gannon@mbhb.com
`kurcz@mbhb.com
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`Date: May 15, 2017
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`5296789_1.docx
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Robert Sokohl/
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`Robert E. Sokohl (Reg. No. 36,013)
`Attorney for Petitioners
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