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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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`EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`MEDTRONIC, INC.
`Patent owner
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`CASE IPR2014-00362
`PATENT 6,306,141
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` EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION AND
`MEDTRONIC, INC.’S JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE
`PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, Petitioner Edwards
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`Lifesciences Corporation and Patent Owner Medtronic, Inc. (“the parties”) jointly
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`6,306,141 (Case IPR2014-00362) without prejudice to either party.
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`This IPR has not been instituted. Petitioner filed its petition on January 17,
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`proceeding. The settlement agreement has been made in writing and a true and
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`correct copy of the settlement agreement is being filed concurrently with the
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`present motion as business confidential information pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 317(b). As directed by 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), a joint request to file the parties’
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`settlement agreement as business confidential information has been concurrently
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`For the foregoing reasons, the parties jointly and respectfully request
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`termination of the present proceeding (Case IPR2014-00362) without prejudice to
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/David Moreland/
`David S. Moreland
`USPTO Reg. No. 60,134
`Gregory J. Carlin
`USPTO Reg. No. 45,607
`MEUNIER CARLIN & CURFMAN,
`LLC
`817 W. Peachtree Street NW, Suite 500
`Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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`Counsel for Petitioner Edward
`Lifesciences Corporation
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`/John J. Molenda/
`John J. Molenda
`USPTO Reg. No. 47,804
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`1675 Broadway
`New York, NY 10019
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`Sharon A. Israel
`USPTO Reg. No. 41,867
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`700 Louisiana Street, Suite 3400
`Houston, TX 77002
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`Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), counsel for Petitioner has served
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`Patent Owner’s counsel of record a copy of this Joint Motion to Terminate
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`Proceeding at the following electronic mail addresses:
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`John J. Molenda (jmolenda@mayerbrown.com)
`Mayer Brown LLP
`1675 Broadway
`New York, NY 10019-5820
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`Sharon A. Israel (sisrael@mayerbrown.com)
`Mayer Brown LLP
`700 Louisiana Street, Suite 3400
`Houston, TX 77002-2730
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`Dated: June 6, 2014
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`David S. Moreland
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