`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 12
`Entered: October 21, 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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`_______________
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`IGT,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
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`IPR2016-01170 (Patent 7,326,113 B2)
`IPR2016-01173 (Patent 8,038,524 B2) 1
`____________
`
`
`Before BARRY L. GROSSMAN, MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, and
`SCOTT C. MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GROSSMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Termination of the Proceedings Before Institution Due to Settlement
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5, 42.71(a)
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`1 We use this caption to indicate that this Decision applies to, and is entered
`in, each of the two listed cases. The parties are not authorized to use this
`caption.
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`
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`IPR2016-01170 (Patent 7,326,113 B2)
`IPR2016-01173 (Patent 8,038,524 B2)
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`
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`We authorized the parties via e-mail dated October 3, 2016, to file a
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`joint motion to terminate these proceedings and file their settlement
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`agreement as business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`On October 7, 2016, the parties filed their joint motion to terminate. Paper
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`9.2 The parties also filed a true copy of a written settlement agreement
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`(Ex. 2003), along with a joint request to keep the agreement confidential.
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`Paper 10.
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`We have not instituted trial in these proceedings. Thus, these
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`proceedings are in their initial stages. The parties indicate that they have
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`agreed to resolve all disputes between them related to the challenged patent.
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`Paper 9, at 1. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate
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`to dismiss the petition. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a). This paper does
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`not constitute a final written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the Joint Motions to Terminate IPR2016-01170 and
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`IPR2016-01173 are granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Requests to File Settlement
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`Agreement as Confidential Business Information and to Maintain Said
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`Agreement Separate from the Public File Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Paper 9, are granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Petitions for Inter Partes Review in
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`IPR2016-01170 and IPR2016-01173 are dismissed.
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`2 We cite to the record in IPR2016-01170. Similar documents were filed in
`IPR2016-01173.
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`IPR2016-01170 (Patent 7,326,113 B2)
`IPR2016-01173 (Patent 8,038,524 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Holby Abern
`habern@ngelaw.com
`
`Adam Masia
`amasia@ngelaw.com
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`
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Andrea Reister
`areister@cov.com
`
`Jay Alexander
`jalexander@cov.com
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