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` Entered: June 11, 2014
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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 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 June 6, 2014, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.74, the parties filed a true copy of a settlement agreement along with a
`joint request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential, to be
`kept separate from the patent file. In addition, the parties filed a joint
`motion to terminate the proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317.
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`Case IPR2014-00362
`Patent 6,306,141 B1
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`This case is in the preliminary proceeding1 stage; no institution of a
`trial has been made. Based on the facts of this case, it is appropriate to enter
`judgment.2 Therefore, the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is
`granted.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the settlement
`agreement be treated as business confidential information, to be kept
`separate from the patent file, is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the
`proceeding is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeding is terminated.
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`PETITIONER:
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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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`Case IPR2014-00362
`Patent 6,306,141 B1
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`David S. Moreland
`Gregory Carlin
`MEUNIER CARLIN & CURFMAN, LLC
`dmoreland@mcciplaw.com
`gcarlin@mcciplaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`John J. Molenda
`Sharon A. Israel
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`jmolenda@mayerbrown.com
`sisrael@mayerbrown.com
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