`571-272-7822
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`Paper 17
`Entered: February 8, 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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`KATUN CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION and
`TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01010
`Patent 9,098,015 B2
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`Before STACEY G. WHITE, JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON, and
`MICHELLE N. WORMMEESTER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WORMMEESTER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`IPR2016-01010
`Patent 9,098,015 B2
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`On February 7, 2017, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate the
`instant proceeding pursuant to a Settlement and Release Agreement
`(“Settlement Agreement”). Paper 15. The parties also filed a copy of their
`Settlement Agreement (Ex. 1026), made in connection with the termination
`of the instant proceeding, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b). Paper 15, 2. In a concurrently filed paper, the parties
`jointly request that the Settlement Agreement be treated as business
`confidential information and be kept separate from the file of the involved
`patent. Paper 16.
`The instant proceeding is in an early stage. The Board instituted trial
`(Paper 10) on November 16, 2016. The parties represent that “[t]here are no
`other collateral agreements, oral or written, between the Parties made in
`connection with, or in contemplation of, the termination of this proceeding”
`and that “[t]here are no other pending litigations or proceedings involving
`the patent at issue in the above-captioned inter partes review.” Paper 15, 2.
`The parties further represent that Exhibit 1026 is “a true copy” of the
`Settlement Agreement. Id. Under these circumstances, we determine that it
`is appropriate to terminate the instant proceeding under 37 C.F.R. § 42.72,
`without rendering a final written decision.
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`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the instant proceeding is
`granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the instant proceeding is hereby
`terminated;
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`IPR2016-01010
`Patent 9,098,015 B2
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the
`Settlement Agreement (Ex. 1026) be treated as business confidential
`information and be kept separate from the file of the involved patent is
`granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Settlement Agreement (Ex. 1026) be
`treated as business confidential information and be kept separate from the
`file of the involved patent, under 37 C.F.R § 42.74(c), and made available
`only under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Cyrus A. Morton
`Miles A. Finn
`Li Zhu
`ROBINS KAPLAN LLP
`CMorton@RobinsKaplan.com
`MFinn@RobinsKaplan.com
`LZhu@RobinsKaplan.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Douglas F. Stewart
`Jared D. Schuettenhelm
`Patrick J. Connolly
`BRACEWELL LLP
`doug.stewart@bracewelllaw.com
`jared.schuettenhelm@bracewelllaw.com
`patrick.connolly@bracewelllaw.com
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