`571–272–7822
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`Paper 25
`Entered: July 3, 2017
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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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`SAINT LAWRENCE COMMUNICATIONS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00704
`Patent 7,151,802 B1
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`Before ROBERT J. WEINSCHENK, SCOTT C. MOORE and
`MICHELLE N. ANKENBRAND, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WEINSCHENK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72 and 42.74
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`IPR2016-00704
`Patent 7,151,802 B1
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`The parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding. Paper 22
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`(“Motion” or “Mot.”). The parties also filed what they indicate are true
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`copies of three Patent License Agreements (“Agreements”). Ex. 1042;
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`Ex. 1043; Ex. 1044. The parties identify the Agreements as business
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`confidential information and request that the Agreements be kept separate
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`from the patent file. Paper 23 (“Joint Request”). For the reasons discussed
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`below, the Motion and Joint Request are granted.
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`II. ANALYSIS
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`No oral hearing has occurred in this proceeding, and we have not
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`made a decision on the merits. The parties indicate that, pursuant to the
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`Agreements, they have settled their patent disputes, including their dispute
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`regarding U.S. Patent No. 7,151,802 B1. Mot. 2. The parties represent that
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`“aside from the three agreements the parties are filing, there are no collateral
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`agreements or understandings made in connection with, or in contemplation
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`of, the termination of this proceeding.” Id. at 1. Under these circumstances,
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`we determine that it is appropriate to terminate this proceeding. See
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`35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. We also determine that it is
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`appropriate to treat the Agreements as business confidential information to
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`be kept separate from the patent file. See 35 U.S.C. § 317(b); 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.74(c).
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`III. ORDER
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that this proceeding is terminated as to all
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`parties; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Request to treat the Patent
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`License Agreements (Ex. 1042; Ex. 1043; Ex. 1044) as business confidential
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`information to be kept separate from the patent file is granted.
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`IPR2016-00704
`Patent 7,151,802 B1
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`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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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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