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`Entered: November 8, 2016
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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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`FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PAICE LLC & THE ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00606
`Patent 7,237,634 B2
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, and
`CARL M. DEFRANCO, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DEFRANCO, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`Order
`Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 and 42.54
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`Patent Owner, Paice LLC & The Abell Foundation, Inc. (collectively,
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`“Paice”), filed a motion to seal Exhibit 2102 pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.14.
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`Paper 13. Exhibit 2102 is Appendix A that was submitted confidentially to
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`Paice from Ford pursuant to an arbitration agreement between Paice and
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`IPR2015-00606
`Patent 7,237,634 B2
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`Ford. Paice certifies that Appendix A contains confidential information that
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`has not been published or otherwise made publicly available. We have not
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`relied on Exhibit 2102 in rendering our Final Written Decision. As such,
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`protecting confidential Appendix A from public disclosure only minimally
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`impacts the public’s interest in maintaining a complete file history.
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`Further, Paice requests that an unredacted version of its Preliminary
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`Response (Paper 11) be sealed because it discusses confidential information,
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`and, therefore, should be sealed for the same reasons Appendix A should be
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`sealed. Importantly, Paice filed a public version of its Preliminary Response
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`(Paper 12) that redacts the confidential information.
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`Based on Paice’s representations, the reasonably limited scope of the
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`protection sought, and the fact that the motion to seal is unopposed, we
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`determine that good cause exists to grant the motion to seal. 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.54.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that Paice’s motion to seal is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Paper 11 and Exhibit 2102 shall remain
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`sealed.
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`Patent 7,237,634 B2
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Frank A. Angileri
`BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C.
`FPGP0104IPR2@brookskushman.com
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`Lissi Mojica
`DENTONS US LLP
`iptdocketchi@dentons.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Linda L. Kordziel
`Timothy W. Riffe
`Ruffin B. Cordell
`Brian J. Livedalen
`John Goetz
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`llk@fr.com
`IPR36351-0015IPA@fr.com
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