`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 35
`Entered: March 10, 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., and
`TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`CBM2016-00031 (Patent 7,813,996 B2)
`CBM2016-00032 (Patent 7,212,999 B2)
`CBM2016-00051 (Patent 7,904,374 B2)1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, and
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PETRAVICK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Order addresses the same or similar issue in the proceedings listed
`above. Therefore, we issue one Order to be filed in each proceeding. The
`parties, however, are not authorized to use this style of filing.
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`CBM2016-00031 (Patent 7,813,996 B2)
`CBM2016-00032 (Patent 7,212,999 B2)
`CBM2016-00051 (Patent 7,904,374 B2)
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`A conference call was held on March 9, 2017 between counsel for the
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`parties and Judges Medley, Petravick, and Plenzler. Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.20(b), Patent Owner requested authorization to file additional
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`submissions in each of these proceedings to address the decision in Trading
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`Technologies Int’l, Inc. v. CQG, Inc. et al, 2017 WL 192716, (Fed. Cir. Jan
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`18, 2017). (“CQG”). CQG issued on January 18, 2017, after Patent Owner
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`filed the Patent Owner Responses, and addresses eligibility of a related
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`patent under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Petitioners did not oppose Patent Owner’s
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`request and sought authorization to file a response to any additional
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`submission.
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`After consideration of the information received during the call, we
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`authorize Patent Owner to file additional submissions in each of these
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`proceedings. The submissions are limited to addressing the issue of the
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`impact of the Federal Circuit’s decision in CQG on these proceedings. The
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`submissions are limited to 5 pages and should be filed no later than March
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`17, 2017. Petitioners are authorized to file responses to the additional
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`submissions in each of these proceedings. As Petitioner’s Replies include
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`some discussion of CQG (E.g., see generally CBM2016-00031, Paper 29),
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`the responses are limited to 3 pages and should be filed no later than March
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`24, 2017.
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`It is:
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner may file an additional submission
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`limited to 5 pages, no later than March 17, 2017 in each proceeding; and
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`CBM2016-00031 (Patent 7,813,996 B2)
`CBM2016-00032 (Patent 7,212,999 B2)
`CBM2016-00051 (Patent 7,904,374 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner may file a response to the
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`additional submission, limited to 3 pages, no later than March 24, 2017 in
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`each proceeding.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Robert E. Sokohl
`Lori A. Gordon
`Richard M. Bemben
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX, PLLC
`rsokohl-PTAB@skgf.com
`lgordon-PTAB@skgf.com
`rbemben-PTAB@skgf.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Leif R. Sigmond, Jr.
`Cole Richter
`MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP
`sigmond@mbhb.com
`richter@mbhb.com
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