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`DIGITAL CHECK CORP. d/b/a ST IMAGING,
`Petitioner,
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`E-IMAGEDATA CORP.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00346
`Patent 9,197,766 B2
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`MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`Patent Owner e-ImageData Corp. submits the following mandatory notices
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8.
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`A. Real Party-In-Interest (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1))
`The real party-in-interest is e-ImageData Corp., the owner of U.S. Patent
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`No. 9,197,766. e-ImageData Corp. has a place of business at 340 Grant St,
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`Hartford, WI 53027.
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`B. Related Matters (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2))
`The ’766 Patent is a continuation of U.S. Patent No. 9,179,019, which is a
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`continuation of U.S. Patent No. 8,537,279, which is a continuation of U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,269,890. U.S. Patent Application No. 14/931,583 claims the benefit of the
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`Petitioner Digital Check Corp. filed a petition for inter partes review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,537,279. This proceeding is currently pending as IPR2017-00177.
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`Petitioner also filed a petition for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 9,179,019.
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`This proceeding is currently pending as IPR2017-00178.
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`e-ImageData Corp. sued Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.,
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`Naviant, Inc., and Indus International, Inc. for infringement of the U.S. Patent No.
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`8,537,279 and U.S. Patent No. 8,269,890 in the United States District Court for the
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`Western District of Wisconsin in case numbers 13-cv-721-bbc and 12-cv-686-bbc.
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`The Court consolidated these two cases into a single case numbered 13-cv-721.
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`The parties stipulated to dismissal of this case with prejudice on January 5, 2015
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`e-ImageData Corp. sued Petitioner Digital Check Corp. for infringement of
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`the ’766 Patent and U.S. Patent Nos. 8,537,279 and 9,179,019 in the Eastern
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`District of Wisconsin. e-ImageData Corp.’s claims for patent infringement were
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`originally filed in case number 15-cv-658-RTR. The Court severed the patent
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`infringement claims from case number 15-cv-658, and e-ImageData Corp. refiled
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`the patent infringement claims as case number 16-cv-576-WED. This case is
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`currently pending and may be affected by a decision in this proceeding.
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`C. Lead and Back-Up Counsel (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3))
`The Lead Counsel for this proceeding is:
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`Johanna M. Wilbert
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
`johanna.wilbert@quarles.com
`QUARLES & BRADY LLP
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`The Back-Up Counsel for the instant proceeding are:
`Michael T. Piery
`Joel A. Austin
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`michael.piery@quarles.com
`joel.austin@quarles.com
`QUARLES & BRADY LLP
`QUARLES & BRADY LLP
`411 East Wisconsin Avenue
`411 East Wisconsin Avenue
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`Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
`Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
`Tel: (414) 277-5367
`Tel: (414) 277-5617
`Fax: (414) 978-8367
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`Patent Owner consents to service by e-mail at johanna.wilbert@quarles.com.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Johanna M. Wilbert
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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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`DIGITAL CHECK CORP. d/b/a ST IMAGING,
`Petitioner,
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`E-IMAGEDATA CORP.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00346
`Patent 9,197,766 B2
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`I hereby certify on this 21st day of December 2016, that a true and correct
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`copy of the MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 was sent in its entirety
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`via electronic mail to Jason.Engel.PTAB@klgates.com.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Michael T. Piery
`Michael T. Piery
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