`571-272-7822
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`Date: December 11, 2013
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_____________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
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`INNOLUX CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY
`LABORATORY CO., LTD.
`Patent Owner
`____________
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`Case IPR2013-00068
`(Patent 8,068,204)
`____________
`
`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KARL D. EASTHOM, and KEVIN F. TURNER,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of the Proceeding
` 37 C.F.R. § 42.73
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`On December 4, 2013, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate this
`proceeding, along with a true copy of their written settlement and licensing
`agreements, made in connection with the termination of the instant proceeding, in
`
`
`
`IPR2013-00068
`Patent 8,068,204
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`accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b). Papers 32, 35, and
`36. The parties also filed a joint request to have their settlement and licensing
`agreements treated as confidential business information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
`and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Paper 33.
`The joint motion to terminate indicates that Petitioner will no longer
`participate in the proceeding even if the Board does not terminate the proceeding.
`Paper 32 at 2. The motion also indicates that all parties to the related litigation
`have agreed to the dismissal of the litigation and a Rule 41 Stipulation of Dismissal
`has been filed with the United States District Court for the Central District of
`California. Id. at 2-3; Paper 34. Lastly, the motion indicates that there is no other
`litigation in any forum or court involving the Patent Owner and the parties who are
`defendants in the California litigation or the patent at issue in this proceeding.
`The Board instituted trial on April 24, 2013. Paper 7. At this juncture of the
`proceeding, the Board does not have before it full briefing on the trial issues and
`the Board has not entered a final decision.
`Based on the facts of this case, it is appropriate to enter judgment1 without
`rendering a final written decision. See 35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
`It is
`ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate IPR2013-00068 is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeding is terminated; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the settlement and
`licensing agreements be treated as business confidential information kept separate
`from the patent file, and made available only to Federal Government agencies on
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`1 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination of a
`proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
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`2
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`IPR2013-00068
`Patent 8,068,204
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`written request, or to any person on a showing of good cause, pursuant to
`35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), is granted.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Scott McKeown
`Cpdocketmckeown@oblon.com
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`Gregory S. Cordrey
`gcordrey@jmbm.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Eric Robinson
`erobinson@riplo.com
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`Sean Flood
`sflood@riplo.com
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`StanleySchlitter
`sschlitt@steptoe.com
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`Douglas Peterson
`dpeterson@steptoe.com
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`3
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