JPMorgan Chase & Co.v.Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.Download PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardFeb 26, 201509003541 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 26, 2015) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper 14 Tel: 571-272-7822 Entered: February 26, 2015 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Petitioner, v. MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC., Patent Owner. Case CBM2014-00177 Patent 6,237,095 B1 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 The parties have requested that this proceeding be terminated pursuant to a settlement. On February 25, 2015, we authorized the parties via e-mail to file a joint request to terminate this proceeding and to file the settlement agreement as business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). The parties filed their joint motion the same day. Paper 12. With their joint CBM2014-00177 Patent 6,237,095 B1 2 motion to terminate, the parties also filed a copy of a written settlement agreement that they request be kept confidential. Paper 13, at 1; Ex. 2005. We have not instituted trial in this proceeding. 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. Paper 12, at 2. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to enter judgment and terminate the proceeding without rendering a final written decision. 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 327 is granted; and FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Request to File Settlement Agreement as Business Confidential Information Under 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) is granted. CBM2014-00177 Patent 6,237,095 B1 3 PETITIONER: Andrea G. Reister Jay I. Alexander Gregory S. Discher COVINGTON & BURLING LLP areister@cov.com jalexander@cov.com gdischer@cov.com PATENT OWNER: Kenneth J. Weatherwax Parham Hendifar GOLDBERG, LOWENSTEIN & WEATHERWAX LLP weatherwax@glwllp.com hendifar@glwllp.com Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation
