Analog Devices, Inc.v.Knowles Electronics, LLCDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardMar 18, 201311276025 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 18, 2013) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper 20 Tel: 571-272-7822 Entered: March 18, 2013 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD _______________ ANALOG DEVICES, INC. Petitioner, v. KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLC Patent Owner. _______________ Case IPR2013-00108 (JYC) Patent 7,439,616 _______________ Before KEVIN F. TURNER, STEPHEN C. SIU, and JONI Y. CHANG, Administrative Patent Judges. CHANG, Administrative Patent Judge. JUDGMENT Termination of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. § 42.73 On March 15, 2013, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate the instant proceeding accompanied by a true copy of a settlement agreement and a joint request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential, to be kept separate from the patent file, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74. Case IPR2013-00108 Patent 7,439,616 2 (Papers 17, 18, and 19.) Analog Devices, Inc. (“Analog”) filed a petition for an inter partes review on January 10, 2013. (Paper 7.) As no trial has been instituted based on Analog’s petition, this proceeding is in the preliminary proceeding1 stage. Based on the facts of this case, it is appropriate to enter judgment.2 Therefore, the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is GRANTED. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the joint 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; and FURTHER ORDERED that the instant 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 a trial will be instituted. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2. 2 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination of a proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2. Case IPR2013-00108 Patent 7,439,616 3 PETITIONER: Robert M. Asher Steven G. Saunders SUNSTEIN KANN MURPHY & TIMBERS LLP Email: rasher@sunsteinlaw.com Email: patents@sunsteinlaw.com PATENT OWNER: Andrea Reister Jay Alexander COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Email: areister@cov.com Email: jalexander@cov.com Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation
