Ethicon, Inc.v.Baxter International Inc.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Jun 5, 2015

09032370 (P.T.A.B. Jun. 5, 2015)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 9
Tel: 571-272-7822 Entered: June 5, 2015

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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ETHICON, INC.
Petitioner

v.

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. and BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
Patent Owner
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IPR2015-00945 (U.S. Patent No. 6,066,325)
IPR2015-00948 (U.S. Patent No. 6,063,061)
IPR2015-00952 (U.S. Patent No. 8,603,511 B2)
IPR2015-00953 (U.S. Patent No. 8,357,378 B2)
IPR2015-00954 (U.S. Patent No. 8,303,981 B2)
IPR2015-00955 (U.S. Patent No. 8,512,729 B2)
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Before TONI R. SCHEINER, ERICA A. FRANKLIN, and
ZHENYU YANG, Administrative Patent Judges.

YANG, Administrative Patent Judge.

DECISION
Termination of the Proceeding
37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74

IPR2015-00945 (U.S. Patent No. 6,066,325)
IPR2015-00948 (U.S. Patent No. 6,063,061)
IPR2015-00952 (U.S. Patent No. 8,603,511 B2)
IPR2015-00953 (U.S. Patent No. 8,357,378 B2)
IPR2015-00954 (U.S. Patent No. 8,303,981 B2)
IPR2015-00955 (U.S. Patent No. 8,512,729 B2)

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On June 4, 2015, the parties filed in each of the listed cases a Joint
Motion to Terminate Proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317. In addition,
pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), the parties filed a
true and correct copy of a Settlement Agreement, along with a Joint Request
to Treat Settlement Agreement as Business Confidential Information, to be
kept separate from the publicly available patent files.
These cases are all in the preliminary stage. No decision on whether
to institute a trial has been made. Under these circumstances, it is
appropriate to enter judgment. Therefore, the Joint Motion to Terminate
Proceeding is GRANTED.

Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding is
GRANTED and the proceeding is hereby TERMINATED; and
FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Request to Treat Settlement
Agreement as Business Confidential Information is GRANTED, and the
Settlement Agreement will be kept separate from the patent files.

IPR2015-00945 (U.S. Patent No. 6,066,325)
IPR2015-00948 (U.S. Patent No. 6,063,061)
IPR2015-00952 (U.S. Patent No. 8,603,511 B2)
IPR2015-00953 (U.S. Patent No. 8,357,378 B2)
IPR2015-00954 (U.S. Patent No. 8,303,981 B2)
IPR2015-00955 (U.S. Patent No. 8,512,729 B2)

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For PETITIONER:

Dianne B. Elderkin
Steven D. Maslowski
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP
delderkin@akingump.com
smaslowski@akingump.com

For PATENT OWNER:
Leora Ben-Ami
Eugene Goryunov
Ira Finkelstein
leora.benami@kirkland.com
eugene.goryunov@kirkland.com
ira_finkelstein@baxter.com