Unified Patents Inc.v.PanTaurus LLC

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Dec 2, 2014

09250277 (P.T.A.B. Dec. 2, 2014)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper No. 10
571.272.7822 Entered: December 2, 2014

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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UNIFIED PATENTS INC.,
Petitioner,
v.
PANTAURUS, LLC,
Patent Owner.
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Case IPR2014-01425
Patent 6,272,533 B1
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Before BART A. GERSTENBLITH, KRISTINA M. KALAN, and
JENNIFER M. MEYER, Administrative Patent Judges.

GERSTENBLITH, Administrative Patent Judge.

ORDER
Termination of the Proceeding
37 C.F.R. § 42.72

Unified Patents Inc. and PanTaurus, LLC filed a joint motion to
terminate the trial proceeding. Paper 7. Along with the motion, the parties
filed a copy of a document they describe as the settlement agreement
(Ex. 1013), as well as a separate joint request to treat the settlement
agreement as business confidential information under the provisions of
35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Paper 8.
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Generally, the Board expects that a proceeding will terminate after the
filing of a settlement agreement. See, e.g., Office Patent Trial Practice
Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,768 (Aug. 14, 2012). This proceeding is still
in a preliminary stage, as a trial has not been instituted. See 37 C.F.R.
§ 42.2. The time for filing a Preliminary Response has not yet expired or
been waived. We are persuaded that, under these circumstances, it is
appropriate to terminate this proceeding.
Accordingly, it is:
ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate this proceeding is
GRANTED and the proceeding is hereby terminated; and
FURTHER ORDERED that the joint request by the parties that the
settlement agreement (Ex. 1013) be treated as business confidential
information, kept separate from the file of the involved patent, and made
available only to Federal Government agencies on written request, or to any
person on a showing of good cause, under the provisions of 35 U.S.C.
§ 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), is GRANTED.
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For PETITIONER:

Michael Kiklis
Scott McKeown
CPdocketkiklis@oblon.com
CPdocketmckeown@oblon.com

For PATENT OWNER:
Jennifer Chong
jennie.chong4@gmail.com