`Trials@uspto.gov
`Entered: February 25, 2016
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`571–272–7822
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_______________
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`TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
`
`Case IPR2015-01685
`Patent 8,710,969 B2
`_______________
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`
`
`Before PHILLIP J. KAUFFMAN, MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, and
`ROBERT J. WEINSCHENK, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`WEINSCHENK, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`ORDER
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`IPR2015-01685
`Patent 8,710,969 B2
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`I.
`INTRODUCTION
`The parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding. Paper 9
`(“Motion” or “Mot.”). The parties also filed a true copy of a Settlement and
`License Agreement (“Agreement”). Ex. 1010. The Motion identifies the
`Agreement as business confidential information and requests that the
`Agreement be kept separate from the patent file. Mot. 3. For the reasons
`discussed below, the Motion is granted.
`II. ANALYSIS
`No oral hearing has occurred in this proceeding, and we have not
`made a decision on the merits. The parties indicate that they have settled
`their dispute regarding U.S. Patent No. 8,710,969 B2. Mot. 2. Under these
`circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to terminate this
`proceeding. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. We also determine that it is appropriate
`to treat the Agreement as business confidential information to be kept
`separate from the patent file. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
`III. ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that this proceeding is terminated as to all
`parties; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the request to treat the Settlement and
`License Agreement (Ex. 1010) as business confidential information to be
`kept separate from the patent file is granted.
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`IPR2015-01685
`Patent 8,710,969 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jon R. Trembath
`Allan Sternstein
`Nikhil U. Patel
`Timothy K. Sendek
`Douglas W. Link
`LATHROP & GAGE LLP
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`David K.S. Cornwell
`Mark W. Rygiel
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
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`Timothy A. Flory
`Terence J. Linn
`GARDNER, LINN, BURKHART & FLORY, LLP
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