`Date: March 30, 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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`IRADION LASER, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`NOVANTA CORP.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00244
`Patent 6,198,759
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PROCEEDINGS
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317
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`IPR2017-00244 (Pat. 6,198,759)
`Joint Motion to Terminate Proceedings
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72 and 42.74, and the
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`Board’s authorization of March 28, 2017 (see Exhibit 1007), Petitioner Iradion
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`Laser, Inc. (“Iradion”) and Patent Owner Novanta Corp. (“Novanta”) (collectively,
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`the “Parties”) jointly move the Board to terminate IPR2017-00244.
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`A true copy of the confidential Settlement Agreement entered into between
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`the Parties on March 15, 2017, is submitted herewith as Exhibit 1008.1 Pursuant to
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`that Settlement Agreement, Iradion has agreed to no longer maintain or participate
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`in this inter partes review (“IPR”). See Exhibit 1008 at § 3.9. The Parties certify
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`that there are no collateral agreements or understandings made in connection with,
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`or in contemplation of, the termination of this IPR.
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`The subject patent of this IPR was involved in litigation captioned Synrad,
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`Inc. v. Iradion Laser, Inc., Case 1:12-cv-00650-ML-LDA (D.R.I.), which was
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`dismissed without prejudice on October 26, 2012. The subject patent was also
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`involved in litigation captioned Novanta Corporation v. Iradion Laser, Inc., Case
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`1:15-cv-01033-SLR-SRF (D. Del.), which was dismissed with prejudice on March
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`23, 2017. The Parties are not aware of any other litigation or proceeding,
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`1 Exhibit 1008 is being submitted pursuant to a Joint Request to Treat Settlement
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`Agreement as Business Confidential Information, which the Parties are filing as a
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`separate paper contemporaneously with this Motion.
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`including, but not limited to, proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
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`involving the subject patent. The Parties do not contemplate any litigation or
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`proceeding involving the subject patent in the foreseeable future.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Joshua P. Larsen/
`Joshua P. Larsen
`Reg. No. 62,761
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`/Tammy J. Dunn/
`Tammy J. Dunn
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`Date: March 30, 2017
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) , the undersigned certifies that, on March 30,
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`2017, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing JOINT MOTION TO
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`TERMINATE PROCEEDINGS (and all exhibits filed therewith) to be served via
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`electronic mail on counsel for Patent Owner at the following addresses:
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`Peter C. Schechter
`Tammy J. Dunn
`Schechter@oshaliang.com
`Dunn@oshaliang.com
`NovantaIPRService@oshaliang.com
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