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`Paper 18
`Entered: December 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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`McCLINTON ENERGY GROUP, LLC, JAYCAR ENERGY GROUP LLC,
`SURF FRAC WELLHEAD EQUIPMENT CO., MOTOR MILLS SNUBBING
`LLC, STAN KEELING, and TONY D. McCLINTON,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MAGNUM OIL TOOLS INTERNATIONAL, LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00993
`Patent 8,459,346 B2
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, MICHAEL R. ZECHER, and
`GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, 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 9, 2014, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate the
`proceeding, along with a true copy of their written settlement agreement, made in
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`IPR2014-00993
`Patent 8,459,346 B2
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`connection with the termination of the instant proceeding, in accordance with 35
`U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b). Paper 17; Ex. 1029. The parties also
`request to have their agreement treated as confidential business information under
`35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Paper 17. The joint motion requests
`termination of the proceeding and further explains that the parties have reached an
`agreement to dismiss the related district court case. Id. at 2.
`On December 1, 2014, we instituted trial for this proceeding. At this early
`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 parties’ joint request that the agreement be treated as
`business confidential information, to be kept separate from the patent file is
`granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate the proceeding is
`granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeding is terminated.
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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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`IPR2014-00993
`Patent 8,459,346 B2
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`FOR PETITIONER:
`Jason Engel
`K&L GATES LLP
`jason.engel.PTAB@klgates.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
`Robb D. Edmonds
`N. Alexander Nolte
`EDMONDS & NOLTE, P.C.
`redmonds@edmondsnolte.com
`anolte@edmondsnolte.com
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