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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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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PAICE LLC & THE ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2017-00226, and -00227 (Patent 7,104,347 B2)
`IPR2017-00228, -00229, -00230, -00231, -00232,
`-00233, -00234, and -00235 (Patent 7,237,634 B2)
`IPR2017-00236, and -00237 (Patent 8,214,097 B2) 1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, and
`CARL M. DEFRANCO, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73
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`1 This Order applies to each of the above-listed cases. Although we issue one order
`to be docketed in each case, the parties are not authorized to use this caption for any
`subsequent papers.
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`IPR2017-00226, and -00227 (Patent 7,104,347 B2)
`IPR2017-00228, -00229, -00230, -00231, -00232,
`-00233, -00234, and -00235 (Patent 7,237,634 B2)
`IPR2017-00236, and -00237 (Patent 8,214,097 B2)
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`On December 19, 2016, the parties informed the Board that the parties had
`settled the above-identified proceedings and that the parties sought authorization to
`file a joint motion to terminate each proceeding. On February 2, 2017, and
`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, the parties filed a joint motion
`to terminate each of the above-identified proceedings. Paper 7.2 The parties also
`filed, in each proceeding, a joint request to have their settlement agreement treated
`as confidential business information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.74(c). Paper 8. In each joint motion, the parties represent that the settlement
`agreement filed is a true copy and resolves their dispute.
`Each of these proceedings is in an early stage and no decision whether to
`institute inter partes reviews has been made. Based on the facts of these cases, we
`determine it is appropriate to terminate the proceedings. Therefore, the joint
`motions to terminate the proceedings are granted.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate the proceedings are granted;
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`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint requests that the settlement
`agreements be treated as business confidential information, to be kept separate from
`the patent file are granted.
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`2 Citations are to IPR2017-00228.
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`IPR2017-00226, and -00227 (Patent 7,104,347 B2)
`IPR2017-00228, -00229, -00230, -00231, -00232,
`-00233, -00234, and -00235 (Patent 7,237,634 B2)
`IPR2017-00236, and -00237 (Patent 8,214,097 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Michael Lennon
`Clifford Ulrich
`ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP
`mlennon@kenyon.com
`culrich@kenyon.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Timothy Riffe
`Linda Kordziel
`Brian Livedalen
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`riffe@fr.com
`kordziel@fr.com
`bvl@fr.com
`IPR36351-0015IPM@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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