The Hillman Group, Inc.

Patent Trials and Appeals Board

Jun 30, 2021

IPR2021-00369 (P.T.A.B. Jun. 30, 2021)

Trial@uspto.gov
571-272-7822
Paper No. 9
Date Entered: June 30, 2021

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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KEYME, LLC,
Petitioner,

v.

THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.,
Patent Owner.
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IPR2021-00369
Patent 10,577,830 B2
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Before PATRICK R. SCANLON, BRIAN J. McNAMARA
KIMBERLY MCGRAW, Administrative Patent Judges.

McNAMARA, Administrative Patent Judge.

DECISION
Settlement Prior to Institution of Trial
37 C.F.R. § 42.74

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The parties have requested that this proceeding be terminated pursuant
to a settlement. On June 15, 2021, in an e-mail responsive to the parties’
request, the Board authorized the parties to file a Joint Motion To Terminate
and a Joint Request that the Settlement Agreement Be Treated As Business
Confidential Information under 37 C.F.R. 42.74(c). On June 16, 2021 the
parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate the Proceeding (Paper No. 7) and a
Joint Motion to Keep Confidential and Separate (Paper No. 8). See
35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. The parties also filed a copy of a
written settlement agreement. Ex. 1024.
A decision by the Board to institute a trial has not yet been entered.
The parties have not identified any other related matters and have certified
that there are no collateral agreements or understandings made in connection
with, or in contemplation of, the termination of the proceeding. See
Paper 7, 2. Under these circumstances, the Board determines that it is
appropriate to terminate the proceeding without rendering a final written
decision. 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
It is, therefore,
ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is
GRANTED and the proceeding is hereby terminated;
FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the
settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information which
shall be kept separate from the file of the involved patents under the
provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), is GRANTED.

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PETITIONER: (via electronic transmission)
James M. Glass
Sean Gloth
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
jimglass@quinnemanuel.com
seangloth@quinnemanuel.com

PATENT OWNER: (via electronic transmission)
Joshua L. Goldberg
Christopher P. Isaac
Ryan P. O’Quinn
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett, & Dunner LLP
joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
chris.isaac@finnegan.com
oquinnr@finnegan.com