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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`NXP USA, Inc.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`Impinj, Inc.,
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,929,734
`Issue Date: February 23, 2021
`Title: RFID Tag Clock Frequency Reduction During Tuning
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`PROPOSED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`MAIL STOP PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P. O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`1. Confidential information shall be clearly marked ‘‘PROTECTIVE
`ORDER MATERIAL.’’
`2. Access to confidential information is limited to the following individuals:
`(A) Outside counsel of record in this action, as well as employees of
`said outside counsel of record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the
`information for this proceeding.
`(B) Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who further certify
`in the Acknowledgement appended to this Order that they are not a competitor to
`any party, or a consultant for, or employed by, such a competitor with respect to
`the subject matter of the proceeding.
`(C) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff, court
`reporters and other support personnel of the foregoing persons who are reasonably
`necessary to assist those persons in the proceeding shall not be required to sign an
`Acknowledgement, but shall be informed of the terms and requirements of the
`Protective Order by the person they are supporting who receives confidential
`information.
`(D) The Office. Employees and representatives of the Office who
`have a need for access to the confidential information shall have such access
`without the requirement to sign an Acknowledgement. Such employees and
`representatives shall include the Director, members of the Board and their clerical
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`staff, other support personnel, court reporters, and other persons acting on behalf of
`the Office.
`3. Employees (e.g., corporate officers), consultants, or other persons
`performing work for a party, other than those persons identified above in 2(A)-(C),
`shall be extended access to confidential information only upon agreement of the
`parties or by order of the Board upon a motion brought by the party seeking to
`disclose confidential information to that person and after signing the
`Acknowledgment. The party opposing disclosure to that person shall have the
`burden of proving that such person should be restricted from access to confidential
`information.
`4. Persons receiving confidential information shall use reasonable efforts to
`maintain the confidentiality of the information, including:
`(A) Maintaining such information in a secure location to which
`persons not authorized to receive the information shall not have access;
`(B) Otherwise using reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality
`of the information, which efforts shall be no less rigorous than those the recipient
`uses to maintain the confidentiality of information not received from the disclosing
`party;
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`(C) Ensuring that support personnel of the recipient who have access
`to the confidential information understand and abide by the obligation to maintain
`the confidentiality of information received that is designated as confidential; and
`(D) Limiting the copying of confidential information to a reasonable
`number of copies needed for conduct of the proceeding and maintaining a record of
`the locations of such copies.
`5. Persons receiving confidential information shall use the following
`procedures to maintain the confidentiality of the information:
`(A) Documents and Information Filed With the Board.
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`(i) A party may file documents or information with the Board
`along with a Motion to Seal. The Motion to Seal should provide a non-confidential
`description of the nature of the confidential information that is under seal, and set
`forth the reasons why the information is confidential and should not be made
`available to the public. A party may challenge the confidentiality of the
`information by opposing the Motion to Seal. The submission shall be treated as
`confidential and remain under seal, unless the Board determines that the
`documents or information do not to qualify for confidential treatment. The
`information shall remain under seal unless the Board determines that some or all of
`the information does not qualify for confidential treatment.
`(ii) Where confidentiality is alleged as to some but not all of the
`information submitted to the Board, the submitting party shall file confidential and
`non-confidential versions of its submission, together with a Motion to Seal the
`confidential version setting forth the reasons why the information redacted from
`the non-confidential version is confidential and should not be made available to the
`public. A party may challenge the confidentiality of the information by opposing
`the Motion to Seal. The non-confidential version of the submission shall clearly
`indicate the locations of information that has been redacted. The confidential
`version of the submission shall be filed under seal. The redacted information shall
`remain under seal unless the Board determines that some or all of the redacted
`information does not qualify for confidential treatment.
`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties.
`Documents (including deposition transcripts) and other information designated as
`confidential that are disclosed to another party during discovery or other
`proceedings before the Board shall be clearly marked as “PROTECTIVE ORDER
`MATERIAL” and shall be produced in a manner that maintains its confidentiality.
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`6. Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, including the
`exhaustion of all appeals and motions, each party receiving confidential
`information must return, or certify the destruction of, all copies of the confidential
`information to the producing party.
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`ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR ACCESS TO PROTECTIVE ORDER
`MATERIAL
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`I ________________________, affirm that I have read the Protective Order;
`that I will abide by its terms; that I will use the confidential information only in
`connection with this proceeding and for no other purpose; that I will only allow
`access to support staff who are reasonably necessary to assist me in this proceeding;
`that prior to any disclosure to such support staff I informed or will inform them of
`the requirements of the Protective Order; that I am personally responsible for the
`requirements of the terms of the Protective Order and I agree to submit to the
`jurisdiction of the Office and the United States District Court for the Eastern
`District of Virginia for purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective Order and
`providing remedies for its breach.
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