`Date: November 2, 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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`ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`IGT,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01854
`Patent 7,927,206 B2
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`Before JOSIAH C. COCKS, MICHAEL W. KIM, and RICHARD E. RICE,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`COCKS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Dismissing the Petition
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a)
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`IPR2016-01854
`Patent 7,927,206 B2
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`On October 7, 2016, the parties filed a “Joint Motion to Terminate
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`Proceedings Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74” (Paper 6),
`and a request to file the settlement agreement as business confidential
`information (Paper 7).1 The parties also filed a copy of the written
`settlement agreement. Ex. 1026.
`We have not instituted trial in this proceeding. Thus, this proceeding
`is in its initial stages. The parties indicate that they have settled all disputes
`relating to the challenged patent. Paper 6, 1. Under these circumstances, we
`determine that it is appropriate to dismiss the petition. See 37 C.F.R.
`§§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a). This paper does not constitute a final written decision
`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
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`It is
`ORDERED that the parties’ “Joint Motion to Terminate Inter Partes
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`Review Proceedings Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317” (Paper 6) is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`the above-referenced patent is dismissed; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that, as was requested timely by the parties
`(Paper 7), the settlement agreement (Ex. 1026) will be treated as business
`confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c);
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`1 The filings were authorized in e-mail correspondence from Board
`personnel on October 3, 2016.
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`IPR2016-01854
`Patent 7,927,206 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
`Andrea Reister
`Jay Alexander
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`areister@cov.com
`jalexander@cov.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
`Robert Sterne
`Michelle Holoubek
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`rsterne@skgf.com
`holoubek@skgf.com
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