GeneDx, Inc.v.University of Utah Research Foundation

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Feb 19, 2015

09044946 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 19, 2015)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 10
Tel: 571-272-7822 Entered: February 19, 2015

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

v.

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION, ET AL.,
Patent Owners.
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IPR2014-01311 (Patent 6,033,857);
IPR2014-01316 (Patent 5,753,441);
IPR2015-00152 (Patent 5,747,282);
IPR2015-00154 (Patent 5,837,492)
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Before FRANCISCO C. PRATS, ERICA A. FRANKLIN,
ZHENYU YANG, and TINA E. HULSE, Administrative Patent Judges.

PRATS, Administrative Patent Judge.

JUDGMENT
Termination of the Proceeding
37 C.F.R. § 42.73

On February 17, 2015, the parties filed in each of the listed
proceedings a joint motion to terminate the proceedings pursuant to 35
U.S.C. § 317. In addition, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R.
§ 42.74, the parties filed in each of the listed proceedings a copy of a
settlement agreement along with a joint request to treat the settlement
agreement as business confidential, to be kept separate from the patent files.
IPR2014-01311 (6,033,857); IPR2014-01316 (5,753,441);
IPR2015-00152 (5,747,282); and IPR2015-00154 (5,837,492)

2

These cases are all in the preliminary proceeding
1
stage; no institution
of a trial has been made. Under these circumstances, it is appropriate to
enter judgment.
2
Therefore, the joint motions to terminate the proceedings
are GRANTED.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the parties’ joint requests that the settlement
agreement be treated as business confidential information, to be kept
separate from the patent files are GRANTED; and
FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate the
proceedings are GRANTED; and
FURTHER ORDERED that the proceedings are 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.
IPR2014-01311 (6,033,857); IPR2014-01316 (5,753,441);
IPR2015-00152 (5,747,282); and IPR2015-00154 (5,837,492)

3

For PETITIONER:

Eldora L. Ellison
Deborah A. Sterling
STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
dsterlin-PTAB@skgf.com
eellison-PTAB@skgf.com

For PATENT OWNER:

Dorothy P. Whelan
J. Patrick Finn, III
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
Whelan@fr.com
IPR28496-0015IP1@fr.com