`Trials@uspto.gov
`571–272–7822
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`Entered: February 1, 2019
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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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`SYNCRO SOFT SRL
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`ALTOVA GMBH
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2018-00660
`Patent 9,501,456 B2
`____________
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`
`
`Before KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, DANIEL J. GALLIGAN and
`JULIA HEANEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`HEANEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
`
`DECISION
`Termination of the Proceeding
`35 U.S.C. § 317, 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`
`
`
`
`Case IPR2018-00660
`Patent 9,501,456 B2
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`
`INTRODUCTION
`I.
`The parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate and Joint Request That
`Settlement Agreement Be Treated as Business Confidential Information and
`Be Kept Separate. Paper 14 (“Motion” or “Mot.”). The parties also filed a
`true and correct copy of a confidential Settlement Agreement (Ex. 2001)
`(“Agreement”)). The parties represent that the Agreement is business
`confidential information and request that the Agreement be kept separate
`from the patent file. Mot. 2–3. For the reasons discussed below, the Motion
`is granted.
`
`II. ANALYSIS
`The parties indicate that they have settled their disputes regarding
`U.S. Patent No. 9,501,456 B2. Mot. 2. The parties filed the Agreement and
`represent that “[n]o other such agreements, written or oral, exist between or
`among the parties.” Id. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is
`appropriate to terminate this proceeding. See 35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. §
`42.74(a). We also determine that it is appropriate to treat the Agreement as
`business confidential information to be kept separate from the patent file.
`See 35 U.S.C. § 317(b); 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
`III. ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the Motion is granted, and this proceeding is
`terminated; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the settlement agreement be kept separate
`from the file of U.S. Patent No. 9,501,456 B2.
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`Case IPR2018-00660
`Patent 9,501,456 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Craig Smith
`Nathan Harris
`LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP
`csmith@lalaw.com
`nharris@lalaw.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Jerry Cohen
`Gabriel Goldman
`BURNS & LEVINSON LLP
`jcohen@burnslev.com
`ggoldman@burnslev.com
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