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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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`LOMBARD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES PLC
`Petitioner
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`MEDTRONIC, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00269
`Patent 6,306,141 B1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, STEPHEN C. SIU, and JOSIAH C. COCKS,
`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 October 21, 2013, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74, the parties filed a true copy of a settlement agreement along
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`with a joint request to treat the settlement agreement as business
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`confidential, to be kept separate from the patent file. In addition, the parties
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`filed a joint motion to terminate the proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317.
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`This case is in the preliminary proceeding1 stage; no institution of a
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`trial has been made. Based on the facts of this case, it is appropriate to enter
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`judgment.2 Therefore, the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is
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`granted.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the settlement
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`agreement be treated as business confidential information, to be kept
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`separate from the patent file is granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the
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`proceeding is granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeding is terminated.
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`1 A preliminary proceeding begins with the filing of a petition for instituting
`a trial and ends with a written decision as to whether a trial will be instituted.
`37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
`2 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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`PETITIONER:
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`Steven D. Hemminger
`Christopher B. Kelly
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`steve.hemminger@alston.com
`chris.kelly@alston.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Justin J. Oliver
`Daniel S. Glueck
`FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
`MEDVASCIPR@fchs.com
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