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` Paper 9
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` Entered: May 1, 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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`GOOGLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
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`Case IPR2017-00529 (Patent 5,809,428)1
`Case IPR2017-00530 (Patent 5,809,428)
`Case IPR2017-00532 (Patent 5,894,506)
`Case IPR2017-00533 (Patent 5,894,506)
`Case IPR2017-00534 (Patent 5,894,506)
`Case IPR2017-00535 (Patent 5,894,506)
`Case IPR2017-00536 (Patent 5,754,946)
`Case IPR2017-00537 (Patent 5,754,946)
`Case IPR2017-00559 (Patent 5,809,428)
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`Before MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, SCOTT A. DANIELS, MIRIAM L.
`QUINN, and JASON J. CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGEMENT
`Termination of Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`1 This Judgement applies to each of the listed cases. We exercise our discretion to
`issue one Judgement to be docketed in each case. The parties, however, are not
`authorized to use this caption for any subsequent papers.
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`Case IPR2017-00529 (Patent 5,809,428); Case IPR2017-00530 (Patent 5,809,428)
`Case IPR2017-00532 (Patent 5,894,506); Case IPR2017-00533 (Patent 5,894,506)
`Case IPR2017-00534 (Patent 5,894,506); Case IPR2017-00535 (Patent 5,894,506)
`Case IPR2017-00536 (Patent 5,754,946); Case IPR2017-00537 (Patent 5,754,946)
`Case IPR2017-00559 (Patent 5,809,428)
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`On April 20, 2017, Patent Owner Mobile Telecommunications
`Technologies, LLC (“Mobile”) and Petitioner Google Inc. (“Google”) filed a joint
`motion to terminate the instant proceedings under 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.74 (Paper 7), a true copy of the written settlement agreement (Ex. 2002), and
`a joint request to maintain confidentiality and to keep separate pursuant to
`35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 8).2
`Under 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), “[a]n inter partes review instituted under this
`chapter shall be terminated with respect to any petitioner upon the joint request of
`the petitioner and patent owner, unless the Office has decided the merits of the
`proceeding before the request for termination is filed.” The grant of the motion to
`terminate will result in the termination of the instant proceeding. The parties are
`reminded that the Board is not a party to the settlements, and may identify
`independently any question of patentability. 37 C.F.R § 42.74(a).
`Generally, however, the Board expects that a proceeding will terminate as to
`settling parties after the filing of a settlement agreement. See, e.g., Office Patent
`Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,768 (Aug. 14, 2012). As no trial has
`been instituted based on Google’s Petition, this matter is in the preliminary
`proceeding stage.3 The Board is persuaded that, under these circumstances, it is
`appropriate to terminate this proceeding. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`2 For simplicity, we refer to paper numbers and exhibit numbers in IPR2017-
`00529.
`3 A preliminary proceeding begins with the filing of a petition for instituting a trial
`and ends with a written decision as to whether trial will be instituted. 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.2.
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`Case IPR2017-00529 (Patent 5,809,428); Case IPR2017-00530 (Patent 5,809,428)
`Case IPR2017-00532 (Patent 5,894,506); Case IPR2017-00533 (Patent 5,894,506)
`Case IPR2017-00534 (Patent 5,894,506); Case IPR2017-00535 (Patent 5,894,506)
`Case IPR2017-00536 (Patent 5,754,946); Case IPR2017-00537 (Patent 5,754,946)
`Case IPR2017-00559 (Patent 5,809,428)
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`Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate IPR2017-00529, IPR2017-
`00530, IPR2017-00532, IPR2017-00533, IPR2017-00534, IPR2017-00535,
`IPR2017-00536, IPR2017-00537, IPR2017-00559 are GRANTED, and these
`proceedings are hereby terminated in their entirety; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint requests that the settlement
`agreements be treated as business confidential information kept separate from the
`patent files, and made available only under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
`and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), are GRANTED.
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`PETITIONERS
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`Michael T. Hawkins
`Nicholas Stephens
`Patrick J. Bisenius
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`hawkins@fr.com
`nstephens@fr.com
`bisenius@fr.com
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`PATENT OWNER
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`John R. Kasha
`Kelly L. Kasha
`KASHA LAW LLC
`john.kasha@kashalaw.com
`kelly.kasha@kashalaw.com
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