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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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`VERASONICS, INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SUPERSONIC IMAGINE, S.A.
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`Patent Owner.
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2019-00799
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,252,004
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
`AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT
`TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`IPR2019-00799
`Patent No. 7,252,004
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner
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`Verasonics, Inc. and Patent Owner Supersonic Imagine, S.A. hereby jointly request
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`that the settlement agreement between the parties, filed separately as Exhibit 1021,
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`be treated as business confidential information that is kept separate from the file of
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`the involved patent and made available only to Federal Government agencies on
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`written request, or to any person on a showing of good cause. The parties sought,
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`and received via email on May 21, 2019, authorization from the Board to file this
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`request.
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`DATED this 29th day of May, 2019.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Dion M. Bregman/
`Dion M. Bregman, Reg. No. 45,645
`Alexander B. Stein, Reg. No. 71,397
`MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS
`1400 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
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`Christopher Halliday, Reg. No. 42,621
`MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS
`1701 Market St.
`Philadelphia, PA, 19103-2921
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`SuperSonic Imagine, S.A.
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` /E. Russell Tarleton/
`E. Russell Tarleton (Reg. No. 31,800)
`Thomas A. Shewmake (Reg. No. 69,510)
`SEED IP LAW GROUP LLP
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
`Email: RussT@seedip.com
`Email: TomShewmake@seedip.com
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`Eric Walters (Reg. No. 45,422)
`Erica D. Wilson (Reg. No. 42,230)
`WALTERS WILSON LLP
`702 Marshall St., Suite 611
`Redwood City, CA 94063
`Email: eric@walterswilson.com
`Email: ericawilson@walterswilson.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
`Verasonics, Inc.
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`IPR2019-00799
`Patent No. 7,252,004
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, that a complete copy of the
`above JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS
`BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. §
`317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) , was served on the below date via electronic mail
`upon counsel for Patent Owner as follows:
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`Supersonic-IPR@morganlewis.com
`dion.bregman@morganlewis.com
`alexander.stein@morganlewis.com
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`DATED this 29th day of May, 2019.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /E. Russell Tarleton/
`E. Russell Tarleton
`Thomas A. Shewmake
`SEED IP LAW GROUP LLP
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
`Telephone: (206) 622-4900
`Facsimile: (206) 682-6031
`Email: RussT@seedip.com
`Email: TomShewmake@seedip.com
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`Eric Walters
`Erica D. Wilson
`WALTERS WILSON LLP
`702 Marshall St., Suite 611
`Redwood City, CA 94063
`Telephone: (650) 248-4586
`Email: eric@walterswilson.com
`Email: ericawilson@walterswilson.com
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