`571-272-7822
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`Paper 14
`Entered: August 25, 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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`ZTE USA, Inc.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PARTHENON UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00667
`Patent 7,542,045 B2
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`Before JAMES B. ARPIN, MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, and
`SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Termination of the Proceeding and Dismissal of Joinder Motion
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74, and 42.122(b)
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`I. DISCUSSION
`On August 19, 2016, the Parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate this
`proceeding (Paper 11), a true copy of the Parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 2001),
`and a request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential information
`under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 13).
`This proceeding is still in its preliminary stages. On February, 26, 2016,
`Petitioner, ZTE USA, Incorporated (“ZTE”), filed a Petition requesting an inter
`partes review of claims 1, 2, 4–7, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15–17 of U.S. Patent No.
`7,542,045 B2 (Ex. 1001, “the ’045 patent”). Paper 2. ZTE filed its Petition along
`with a Motion for Joinder requesting that we join ZTE as a party with HTC Corp.
`et al. v. Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC, Case IPR2015-01502.
`Paper 3. Patent Owner, Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture, Limited Liability
`Company, did not file a Preliminary Response in this proceeding. We have not
`entered a decision whether or not to institute an inter partes review.
`In the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding, the Parties represent that
`they have settled all of their disputes regarding the ’045 patent. Paper 11, 2. The
`Parties further represent that the ’045 patent was asserted against multiple
`companies in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Id.
`In addition to this proceeding, the Parties represent that they are involved in the
`following proceedings before the Board: (1) Case IPR2016-00664; (2) Case
`IPR2016-00665; (3) Case IPR2016-0666; and (4) Case IPR2016-00670. Id. at 3.
`According to the Parties, they are in the process of filing a Joint Motion to
`Terminate in each of these proceedings. Id. Lastly, the Parties represent that the
`’045 patent remains at issue in the following proceedings before the Board:
`(1) Case IPR2015-01502 and (2) Case IPR2016-01134. Id. Under these particular
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`circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to terminate this proceeding
`without rendering any further decisions. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`II. ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the Parties’ request to treat the settlement agreement
`(Ex. 2001) as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding is
`granted, and this proceeding is hereby terminated; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that, because this proceeding has been terminated,
`ZTE’s Motion for Joinder is dismissed as moot.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Lionel M. Lavenue
`Shaobin Zhu
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`lionel.lavenue@finnegan.com
`shaobin.zhu@finnegan.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Masood Anjom
`Amir Alavi
`Scott Clark
`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.
`manjom@azalaw.com
`aalavi@azalaw.com
`sclark@azalaw.com
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