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`Paper 12
`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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`PANTIES PLUS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BRAGEL INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00044
`Patent 7,144,296 B2
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`Before MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, KEVIN W. CHERRY, and
`JAMES A. WORTH, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WEATHERLY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of the Proceeding
`35 U.S.C. § 317(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`The parties have requested that this trial be terminated pursuant to a
`settlement. On June 21, 2017, we authorized the parties via e-mail to file a
`joint request to terminate this proceeding and to file the settlement
`agreement as business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
`The parties filed their joint motion on June 21, 2017. Paper 11. With their
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`Patent 7,144,296 B2
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`joint motion to terminate, the parties also filed a copy of a written settlement
`agreement that they request be kept confidential. Paper 11, at 1; Ex. 1025.
`We instituted trial in this proceeding on April 12, 2017. Paper 6. The
`parties indicate that they have agreed to resolve all disputes between them
`related to the challenged patent. Paper 11, at 1. Patent Owner has not yet
`filed its Patent Owner Response, and the trial is in its early stages. Under
`these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to enter judgment
`and terminate the trial without rendering a final written decision. 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.72.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 317(a) is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Confidential Settlement Agreement
`(Ex. 1025) shall be treated as business confidential information and kept
`separate from the public record.
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`Patent 7,144,296 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Sergey Kolmykov
`Gaston Kroub
`KROUB, SILBERSHER & KOLMYKOV PLLC
`skolmykov@kskiplaw.com
`gkroub@kskiplaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Thomas J. Daly
`Katherine L. Quigley
`Sami I. Schilly
`LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP
`tdaly@llrc.com
`kquigley@llrc.com
`sschilly@llrc.com
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