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` Paper No. 17
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` Entered: June 13, 2016
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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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`EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ENDOHEART AG,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00299 (US 8,182,530 B2)
`Case IPR2016-00300 (US 8,182,530 B2)
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, RAMA G. ELLURU, and
`ROBERT A. POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION OF PROCEEDINGS
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`On June 10, 2016, the parties filed joint motions to terminate the
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`instant proceedings accompanied by true copies of a settlement agreement
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`and joint requests to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential,
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`to be kept separate from the patent file, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). (Papers 14, 15, and Exhibit 1046 in IPR2016-00299;
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`Papers 13, 14, and Exhibit 1048 in IPR2016-00300).
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`IPR2016-00299 (US 8,182,530 B2)
`IPR2016-00300 (US 8,182,530 B2)
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`Petitioner filed two petitions for inter partes review of U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,182,530 B2, both of which were accorded a filing date of
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`December 9, 2015. (See Paper 3 in each of IPR2016-00299 and IPR2016-
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`00300). As no trial has been instituted based on any of these petitions, all
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`proceedings are in the preliminary proceeding1 stage. Based on the facts of
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`these cases, it is appropriate to enter judgment.2 Therefore, the joint motions
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`to terminate the proceedings are GRANTED.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the joint requests that the settlement agreement
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`(Exhibit 1046 in IPR2016-00299 and Exhibit 1048 in IPR2016-00300)
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`treated as business confidential information, to be kept separate from the
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`patent file are GRANTED;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate the
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`proceedings are GRANTED; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the instant proceedings are
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`TERMINATED.
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`1 A preliminary proceeding begins with the filing of a petition for instituting
`a trial and ends with a written decision as to whether a trial will be instituted.
`37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
`2 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination
`of a proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
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`IPR2016-00299 (US 8,182,530 B2)
`IPR2016-00300 (US 8,182,530 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`W. Todd Baker
`Ruby J. Natnithithadha
`Jeremy B. Barton
`OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLP
`CPDocketBaker@oblon.com
`CPDocketRJN@oblon.com
`CPDocketBarton@oblon.com
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`Brian P. Egan
`MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
`began@MNAT.com
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`Catherine Nyarady
`PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
`cnyarady@paulweiss.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Edward M. Arons
`Joel Weiss
`WEISS & ARONS LLP
`earons@weissarons.com
`jweiss@weissarons.com
`Endo heart-IPR@weissarons.com
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