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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC., AND
`DIAMOND OFFSHORE COMPANY
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`Petitioners
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`v.
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`TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING INC.
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`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,068,069
`Issue Date: May 30, 2000
`Title: MULTI-ACTIVITY OFFSHORE EXPLORATION AND/OR
`DEVELOPMENT DRILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS
`BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND BE KEPT SEPARATE
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`Case No. IPR2018-01175
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`Paper No. 9
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`IPR2018-01175 - Paper No. 9
`U.S. Patent No. 6,068,069
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`As authorized by the Board in an e-mail sent on September 27, 2018,
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`Petitioner and Patent Owner jointly request that the settlement agreement filed
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`concurrently as Exhibit 1061 and referenced in the Joint Motion to Terminate
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`(Paper No. 8) be treated as business confidential information and kept separate
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`from the files of the involved patent. In view of that request, the agreement has
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`been filed for access by the “Parties and Board Only.”
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: September 27, 2018
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`/s/ Dion M. Bregman
`Dion M. Bregman, Reg. No. 45,645
`Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
`1400 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`Transocean Offshore Deepwater
`Drilling Inc.
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`/s/ Matthew G. Reeves
`Matthew G. Reeves (Reg. No. 39,339)
`Locke Lord LLP
`2800 JPMorgan Chase Tower
`600 Travis
`Houston, Texas 77002
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`Attorneys for Petitioners
`Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., and
`Diamond Offshore Company
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`IPR2018-01175 - Paper No. 9
`U.S. Patent No. 6,068,069
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`Certificate of Service
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.6(e), the undersigned hereby certifies that on
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`September 27, 2018, a complete and entire copy of the foregoing Joint Request to
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`Treat Settlement Agreement as Business Confidential Information and Be Kept
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`Separate was electronically served in its entirety on the Patent Owner’s below-
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`listed counsel of record:
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`Dion M. Bregman (Reg. No. 45,645)
`MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
`1400 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`Tel.: +1.650.843.7519
`Fax: +1.650.843.4001
`dion.bregman@morganlewis.com
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`Bradford A. Cangro (Reg. No. 58,478)
`MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
`1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel.: +1.202.739.5088
`Fax: +1.202.739.3001
`bradford.cangro@morganlewis.com
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`Dated: September 27, 2018
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`/s/ Matthew G. Reeves
`Matthew G. Reeves (Reg. No. 39,339)
`Locke Lord LLP
`2800 JPMorgan Chase Tower
`600 Travis
`Houston, Texas 77002
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`Attorneys for Petitioners
`Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., and
`Diamond Offshore Company
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