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`Paper 11
`Entered: July 17, 2015
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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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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ROTHSCHILD LOCATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00793
`Patent 7,917,285 B2
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`Before JAMES P. CALVE, MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, and
`CARL M. DeFRANCO, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WEATHERLY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Dismissing the Petition
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a)
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`On July 6, 2015, we authorized the parties via e-mail to file a joint
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`request to terminate this proceeding and to file the settlement agreement as
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`business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). On July 14,
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`2015, the parties filed their joint motion. Paper 7. With their joint motion to
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`terminate, the parties also filed a copy of a written settlement agreement that
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`they request be kept confidential. Paper 9, at 2; see also Exhibit 1017 (a
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`copy of the settlement agreement).
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`We have not instituted trial in this proceeding. Thus, this proceeding
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`is in its initial stages. The parties indicate that they have agreed to resolve
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`all disputes between them related to the challenged patent. Paper 7, at 2–3.
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`Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to dismiss the
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`petition. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a). This paper does not constitute
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`a final written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate Inter Partes Review,
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`Paper 7, is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`the above-referenced patent is dismissed; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Request to Keep Paper Separate
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`as Business Confidential Information, Paper 9, is granted.
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`IPR2015-00793
`Patent 7,917,285 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Michael J. Lennon
`Clifford A. Ulrich
`KENYON & KENYON LLP
`ptab@kenyon.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Neal Massand
`Hao Ni
`NI, WANG & MASSAND, PLLC
`nmassand@nilawfirm.com
`hni@nilawfirm.com
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