United Services Automobile Associationv.Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Feb 1, 2016

09003541 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 1, 2016)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 8
Tel: 571-272-7822 Entered: February 1, 2016
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION,
Petitioner,
v.
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.,
Patent Owner.

Case IPR2016-00033
Patent 6,237,095 B1

Before TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, and
KERRY BEGLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
WEATHERLY, Administrative Patent Judge.
TERMINATION
Dismissing the Petition
37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a)
On January 14, 2016, 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).
On January 15, 2016, the parties filed their joint motion to terminate.
Paper 6. With their joint motion to terminate, the parties also filed a copy of
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Patent 6,237,095 B1
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a written settlement agreement that they request be kept confidential. Paper
7, at 1; see also Exhibit 2002 (a copy of the settlement agreement).
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 6, at 1.
Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to dismiss the
petition. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a). This paper does not constitute
a final written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding Pursuant to
35 U.S.C. § 317(a), Paper 6, is granted;
FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition for Inter Partes Review of
the above-referenced patent is dismissed; and
FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Request to File Settlement
Agreement as Business Confidential Information Under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b),
Paper 7, is granted.
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Patent 6,237,095 B1
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PETITIONER:
Nathan Rees
Allan Braxdale
Ross Viguet
NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP
nate.rees@nortonrosefulbright.com
allan.braxdale@nortonrosefulbright.com
ross.viguet@nortonrosefulbright.com
PATENT OWNER:
Kenneth Weatherwax
Nathan Lowenstein
LOWENSTEIN & WEATHERWAX LLP
weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com
lowenstein@lowensteinweatherwax.com