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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION,
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`NADER ASGHARI-KAMRANI and KAMRAN ASGHARI-KAMRANI,
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 8,266,432
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`PATENT OWNERS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`CBM2016-00064
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`Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), that Patent Owners
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`NADER ASGHARI-KAMRANI and KAMRAN ASGHARI-KAMRANI hereby
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`appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final
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`Written Decision entered on August 15, 2017 (Paper No. 42) (the “Final Written
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`Decision”), and from all underlying orders, decisions, rulings, and opinions.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owners further indicate
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`that the issues on appeal include, but are not limited to claim construction, the
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`determination that claims 1–3, 5–10, 12–28, 30–45, 47, 48, 50–52, 54, and 55 of
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,266,432 are unpatentable, determination that the ‘432 Patent is a
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`covered business method patent and is not a technological invention, determination
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`that the claims of the ‘432 Patent are not entitled to the benefit of the prior filing
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`dates of the US Patent Application Nos. 11/333,400, 11/239,046, and 09/940,635,
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`and any finding or determination supporting or related to those issues, as well as all
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`other issues decided adversely to Patent Owners in any orders, decisions, rulings,
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`and opinions.
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`Copies of this Notice of Appeal are being filed simultaneously with the
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`Director of the USPTO, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the Clerk of the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`Date: October 12, 2017
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` U.S. Patent No. 8,266,432
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Jae Youn Kim/
`Jae Youn Kim, Reg. No. 69,215
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` Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) et seq. and 42.205(b), the undersigned
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`certifies that on October 12, 2017, a complete and entire copy of this Patent
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`Owner’s Notice of Appeal was provided via electronic service, to the Petitioner by
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`serving the correspondence address of record as follows:
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`W. Karl Renner, Lead Counsel
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`CBM36137-0007CP2@fr.com
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`Thomas Rozylowicz, First Back-up Counsel
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`Timothy Riffe, Back-up Counsel
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` I hereby certify that, in addition to being filed electronically through the
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`PTAB E2E System, the original version of the foregoing Notice of Appeal, was
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`filed by hand on October 12, 2017, with the Director of the United States Patent
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`and Trademark Office, at the following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 10B20
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` I hereby certify that on October 12, 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, through the U.S. Court of Appeals CM/ECF Official
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`Attorney Electronic Document Filing System.
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`Date: October 12, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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