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`Paper 22
`Entered: December 7, 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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`SALESLOFT, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`INSIDESALES.COM, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01070 (Patent No. 7,072,947 B1)
`Case IPR2017-01071 (Patent No. 7,076,533 B1)
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`Before WILLIAM V. SAINDON, ROBERT J. WEINSCHENK, and
`JASON W. MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of the Proceeding
`35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74
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`IPR2017-01070 (Patent No. 7,072,947 B1)
`IPR2017-01071 (Patent No. 7,076,533 B1)
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`As authorized by email, Petitioner SalesLoft, Inc., and Patent Owner,
`InsideSales.com, Inc., jointly move for termination of inter partes review in
`IPR2017-01070 (Paper 21, “Motion”) and IPR2017-01071 (Paper 20)
`(collectively, the “Joint Motions”). 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.” In these proceedings, the Board has not yet reached
`a decision on the merits with respect to the patentability of any involved
`claim. Accordingly, we must terminate the review with respect to Petitioner.
`No other petitioner remains in this proceeding.
`Section 317(a) also provides that, “[i]f no petitioner remains in the
`inter partes review, the Office may terminate the review or proceed to a final
`written decision under section 318(a).” 35 U.S.C. § 317(a). The Board,
`therefore, has discretion to terminate these reviews with respect to Patent
`Owner.
`These proceedings are at an early stage—Patent Owner has not yet
`filed a response. In the Joint Motions, the parties state that they have settled
`the dispute between them relating to the two patents at issue in these
`proceedings. Mot. 2. The parties inform us that the district court has
`dismissed the related litigation, in which the Patent Owner and Petitioner are
`the only parties. Mot. 3. We determine it is appropriate to terminate these
`inter partes reviews as to both Petitioner and Patent Owner without
`rendering final written decisions. See 35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
`The parties also request that the Board treat the Settlement Agreement
`and Mutual Release of Claims, filed as Exhibit 1016 (IPR2017-01070) and
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`IPR2017-01070 (Patent No. 7,072,947 B1)
`IPR2017-01071 (Patent No. 7,076,533 B1)
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`Exhibit 1020 (IPR2017-01071) as “business confidential information, to be
`kept separate from the files of the involved patents, and be made available
`only to Federal Government agencies on written request, or to any person on
`a showing of good cause pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.74(c).” IPR2017-01070, Paper 20; IPR2017-01071, Paper 21. That
`request is granted. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
`It is
`ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate IPR2017-01070 is
`granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate IPR2017-
`01071 is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ request to treat Exhibit 1016
`in IPR2017-01070 as business confidential information pursuant to
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ request to treat Exhibit 1020
`in IPR2017-01071 as business confidential information pursuant to
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that these inter partes reviews are hereby
`terminated.
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`IPR2017-01070 (Patent No. 7,072,947 B1)
`IPR2017-01071 (Patent No. 7,076,533 B1)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Patrick McPherson
`Daniel T. Xue
`Duane Morris LLP
`pdmcpherson@duanemorris.com
`DTXue@duanemorris.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Thomas Hardman
`Adam Richards
`Thomas S. Fletcher
`Christopher S. Geyer
`Williams & Connolly LLP
`thardman@rqn.com
`arichards@rqn.com
`tfletcher@wc.com
`cgeyer@wc.com
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