`Entered: January 17, 2017
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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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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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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VOXATHON LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01321
`Patent 6,442,261 B1
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, and
`KEVIN C. TROCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TROCK, Administrative Patent Judge
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`DECISION
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Case IPR2016-01321
`Patent 6,442,261 B1
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`Petitioner filed a petition requesting an inter partes review in this case
`on September 8, 2016 (Paper 2). This proceeding is still in its preliminary
`proceeding stage and no trial has yet been instituted. On December 12,
`2016, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate this proceeding (Paper 7),
`accompanied by a true copy of a settlement agreement (Exhibit 1009) and a
`joint motion to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential
`information (Paper 8) to be kept separate from the patent file, pursuant to 35
`U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Under these circumstances, we determine it is appropriate to
`terminate the proceeding without rendering any further decisions.
`Therefore, the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is GRANTED.
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`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the joint motion to treat the settlement agreement as
`business confidential information to be kept separate from the patent file is
`GRANTED;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the
`proceeding is GRANTED; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that this proceeding is TERMINATED.
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`Case IPR2016-01321
`Patent 6,442,261 B1
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey Toler
`Aakash Parekh
` Toler Law Group, PC
`jtoler@tlgiplaw.com
`aparekh@tlgiplaw.com
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`Jonathan Stroud
`Unified Patents, Inc.
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Gary Sorden
`Kirby Drake
`Klemchuk LLP
` gary.sorden@klemchuk.com
` kirby.drake@klemchuk.com
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