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`Case: 22-1511
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`e Fee paymentor appropriate fee waiver request, if the docketing fee was not
`prepaid (see Fee Paymentbelow).
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`FILING DOCUMENTS: Each counsel representing a party must be a memberof the
`court's bar and registered for the court's electronic filing system. Parties represented by
`counsel must makeall filings through the court's electronic filing system.
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`Unrepresented parties may choose to submit casefilings to the court either in paper or
`throughthe court's electronic filing system;electronic filing will only be permitted for
`unrepresented parties after successful registration for the court's electronic filing system
`and submission of a completed Notice of Unrepresented Person Appearance.Fed.Cir. R.
`25(a). The court's Electronic Filing Procedures maybeaccessed at
`www.cafc.uscourts.gov/contact/clerks-office/filing-resources.
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`CONTACT INFORMATION:Electronic filers, or unrepresented parties registered to
`receive electronic service, must update their contact information in their PACERservice
`center profile whenevertheir contact information changes. Counsel mustfile an amended
`Entry of Appearance and unrepresented parties must file an amended Notice of
`Unrepresented Person Appearance whenevercontact information changes. Fed. Cir. R.
`25(a)(5).
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`FEE PAYMENT:Unlessthefiling fee was prepaid, fee payment must be submitted
`within fourteen daysafter this notice. Fed. Cir. R. 52(d). For outstanding docketingfees
`dueto this court, electronic filers must pay the fee using the event Pay Docketing Fee
`throughthe court’s electronic filing system. Fed. Cir. R. 52(e). Docketing fees due to other
`courts, such as U.S.District Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and
`non-vaccinecases at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, must be submitted to those courts
`in accordance with their procedures. A filer wishing to proceed without fee payment must
`submit a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, or other fee waiver request,
`within fourteen days.
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`OFFICIAL CAPTION:Thecourt's official caption is attached andreflects the lower
`tribunal's caption pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 12(a), 15(a), and 21(a). Please review the
`caption carefully and promptly advise this court in writing of any improperor inaccurate
`designations.
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`/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
`Peter R. Marksteiner
`Clerk of Court
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`By: A. Kleydman, Deputy Clerk
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`Case: 22-1511
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`Document: 1-1
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`Page:3
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`Filed: 03/04/2022
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`owing the docketingfee)
`Supplemental in Forma Pauperis Form for Prisoners(only to filers in a
`correctional institution)
`Statement Concerning Discrimination (only to petitioners in MSPB or
`arbitrator case)
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`ce: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
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`Case 1:17-cv-00687-WO-JLW Document 372 Filed 03/04/22 Page 3 of 4
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`Case: 22-1511
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`Official Caption
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`OPTOLUM,INC.,
`Plaintiff-Appellant
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`Vv.
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`OptoLum,Inc. v. Cree, Inc.
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`Case 1:17-cv-00687-WO-JLW Document 372 Filed 03/04/22 Page 4 of 4
`Case 1:17-cv-00687-WO-JLW Document 372 Filed 03/04/22 Page 4 of 4
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