Compass Bankv.Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Feb 5, 2016

09041190 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 5, 2016)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 39
Tel: 571-272-7822 Entered: February 5, 2016
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Petitioner,
v.
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.,
Patent Owner.

Case CBM2015-00101
Patent 6,105,103

Before TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, and
KERRY BEGLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
WEATHERLY, Administrative Patent Judge.
JUDGMENT
Termination of the Proceeding
35 U.S.C. § 327(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
All remaining parties in this proceeding have requested that this trial
be terminated pursuant to a settlement. On February 2, 2016, the parties
filed a joint motion to terminate this proceeding and to file the settlement
agreement as business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
Paper 38. The joint motion briefly states why termination is appropriate. Id.
CBM2015-00101
Patent 6,105,103
2
at 2–3. With their joint motion to terminate, the parties also filed a copy of a
written settlement agreement, Ex. 1026, that they request be kept
confidential, Paper 38, 3.
Since we instituted a trial in this proceeding on October 2, 2015, the
remaining parties have filed no papers other than the joint motion to
terminate. Thus, this proceeding is in its initial stages. The parties indicate
that they have agreed to resolve all disputes between them related to the
challenged patent including the related district court litigation. Id. (citing
Ex. 1025). Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to
enter judgment and terminate the trial without rendering a final written
decision. 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Company’s, and Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.’s Corrected Joint Motion
to Terminate Proceeding with Respect to State Farm Mutual Automobile
Insurance Company Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 327 is granted;
FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the Board
treat their settlement agreement as business confidential information
pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), is granted; and
FURTHER ORDERED that this case is terminated pursuant to
37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
CBM2015-00101
Patent 6,105,103
3
PETITIONER:
William F. Long
DENTONS US LLP
bill.long@dentons.com

Truman Fenton
SLADEN GRUBERT BEARD PLLC
tfenton@sgbfirm.com
PATENT OWNER:
Kenneth J. Weatherwax
Nathan Lowenstein
LOWENSTEIN & WEATHERWAX LLP
weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com
lowenstein@lowensteinweatherwax.com