Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.v.American Vehicular Sciences LLCDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardOct 15, 201311877118 (P.T.A.B. Oct. 15, 2013) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper No. 11 571-272-7822 Date Entered: October 15, 2013 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD ____________ AISIN SEIKI CO., LTD. Petitioner, v. AMERICAN VEHICULAR SCIENCES LLC Patent Owner ____________ Case IPR2013-00382 Patent 7,976,060 ____________ Before, THOMAS L. GIANNETTI, BRYAN F. MOORE, and JAMES B. ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judges. MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge. JUDGMENT Termination of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. § 42.73 Case IPR2013-00382 Patent 7,976,060 2 On October 10, 2013, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, the parties filed a copy of a settlement agreement along with a joint request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential, to be separate from the patent file. In addition, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate the proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317. This case is in the preliminary proceeding1 stage; no decision whether to institute a trial has been made. Based on the facts of this case, it is appropriate to terminate the proceeding. Therefore, the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is GRANTED. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the parties’ request that the settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information, to be kept separate from the patent file, is GRANTED; FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is GRANTED; FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeding is TERMINATED. 1 A preliminary proceeding begins with the filing of a petition for instituting a trial and ends with a written decision as to whether trial will be instituted. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2. Case IPR2013-00382 Patent 7,976,060 3 PETITIONER: William H. Mandir Steven M. Gruskin SUGHRUE MION, PLLC wmandir@sughrue.com sgruskin@sughrue.com PATENT OWNER: Thomas J. Wimbiscus Scott P. McBride MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY twimbiscus@mcandrews-ip.com smcbride@mcandrews-ip.com Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation
