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`Paper 21
`Entered: January 19, 2018
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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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`PLASTIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MAXCHIEF INVESTMENTS LIMITED,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00846
`Patent 6,622,644 B2
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`Before SCOTT A. DANIELS, TIMOTHY J. GOODSON, and
`ELIZABETH M. ROESEL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DANIELS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Dismissing the Petition After Institution Due to Settlement
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a)
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`On January 8, 2017, the parties filed a “Joint Motion to Terminate
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`Proceeding” (Paper 19), and “Joint Motion to File Settlement Agreement as
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`Business Confidential Settlement Information” under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
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`and C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 20). The parties also filed a copy of their
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`written settlement agreement (Exhibit 1008).
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`IPR2017-00846
`Patent 6,622,644 B2
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`We instituted trial in this proceeding on September 5, 2017 and set an
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`oral hearing date of May 24, 2018. This proceeding is, therefore, still in its
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`early stages. The parties indicate the following with respect to their dispute
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`involving U.S. Patent 6,622,644 B2 (“the ’644 patent”):
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`Petitioner and Patent Owner have entered into a written
`settlement agreement that resolves all underlying disputes
`between the parties, including this proceeding . . . As required by
`the Board, the parties are submitting a true copy of the agreement
`(Ex. 1008) along with this joint motion to terminate and a
`separate joint request to file the settlement agreement as business
`confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.74(c).
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`Paper 19, 1. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate
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`to dismiss the petition. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a). This paper does
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`not constitute a final written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
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`It is
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`ORDERED that the parties’ “Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding”
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`is granted to the extent that proceeding IPR2017-00846 is terminated;
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`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
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`the settlement agreement (Paper 20) will be treated as business confidential
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`information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`IPR2017-00846
`Patent 6,622,644 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`John S. LeRoy
`Mark A. Jotanovic
`Michael N. Maccallum
`BROOKS KUSHMAN, P.C.
`mmaccallum@brookskushman.com
`mjotanovic@brookskushman.com
`jleroy@brookskushman.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Mark P. Crockett
`Michael J. Bradford
`LUEDEKA NEELY GROUP, P.C.
`mcrockett@Luedeka.com
`mbradford@Luedeka.com
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