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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Huawei Device Co., Ltd.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`Maxell, Ltd.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case: IPR2018-00233
`U.S. Patent No. 6,754,440
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`JOINT REQUEST TO FILE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
`AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND TO MAINTAIN SAID
`AGREEMENT SEPARATE FROM THE PUBLIC FILE PURSUANT TO 35
`U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) and the Board’s
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`order of February 19, 2019 (Paper No. 35), Petitioner Huawei Device Co., Ltd. and
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`Patent Owner Maxell, Ltd. jointly request to treat as business confidential
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`information the true and complete copy of the Settlement Agreement (Confidential
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`Exhibit 1027) between the parties, as referenced in the parties’ Joint Motion to
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`Terminate Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, filed concurrently
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`herewith.
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`35 U.S.C. § 317(b) provides that:
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`At the request of a party to the proceeding, the agreement or
`understanding shall be treated as business confidential information,
`shall be kept separate from the file of the involved patents, and shall be
`made available only to Federal Government agencies on written
`request, or to any person on a showing of good cause.
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`Likewise, 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) provides that:
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`A party to a settlement may request that the settlement be treated as
`business confidential information and be kept separate from the files of
`an involved patent or application. The request must be filed with the
`settlement. If a timely request is filed, the settlement shall only be
`available:
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`(1) To a Government agency on written request to the Board; or
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`(2) To any other person upon written request to the Board to make the
`settlement agreement available, along with the fee specified in
`§ 42.15(d) and on a showing of good cause.
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`The present request, which is being filed contemparaneously with the
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`Settlement Agreement, is timely and in accordance with the foregoing authority.
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`Therefore, the parties request that the Settlement Agreement (Confidential Exhibit
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`1027) (i) be treated as business confidential information, (ii) be maintained
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`separate from the publicly available file of the involved patent, and (iii) shall be
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`made available only to Federal Government agencies on written request, or to
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`persons showing good cause on written request, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Date: April 2, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Peter P. Chen/
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`Anupam Sharma
`Registration No.: 55,609
`Peter P. Chen
`Registration No.: 39,631
`Hyun Byun (pro hac vice)
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`3000 El Camino Real
`5 Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
`Tel: (650) 632-4700
`Fax: (650) 632-4800
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`Gregory S. Discher
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`Registration No. 42,488
`David A. Garr
`Registration No. 74,932
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`Tel: (202) 662-6000
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`By: /Robert G. Pluta/
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`Robert G. Pluta (Reg. No. 50,970)
`Amanda S. Bonner (Reg. No. 65,224)
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`71 S. Wacker Drive
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Telephone: (312) 701-8641
`Fax: (312) 706-8144
`rpluta@mayerbrown.com
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`Jamie B. Beaber (Pro Hac Vice)
`James A. Fussell (Reg. No. 54,885)
`Bryan C. Nese (Reg. No. 66,023)
`Saqib J. Siddiqui (Reg. No. 68,626)
`Mayer Brown, LLP
`1999 K Street NW
`Washington DC, 20006
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, I hereby certify that on this 2nd day of April
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`2019, the foregoing Joint Request to File Settlement Agreement as Business
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`Confidential Information and to Maintain Said Agreement Separate from the
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`Public File Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), together with
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`Confidential Exhibit 1027, was served via email by agreement of the parties on the
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`following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`Robert G. Pluta
`Amanda Bonner
`Saqib Siddiqui
`Bryan Nese
`Jamie B. Beaber
`James A. Fussell
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`rpluta@mayerbrown.com
`astreff@mayerbrown.com
`ssiddiqui@mayerbrown.com
`bnese@mayerbrown.com
`jbeaber@mayerbrown.com
`jfussell@mayerbrown.com
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`Date: April 2, 2019
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`/Peter P. Chen/
`Peter P. Chen
`Registration No.: 39,631
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