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`Paper No. 14
`Entered: October 14, 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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`DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, LTD. and
`DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`HELSINN HEALTHCARE S.A. and
`ROCHE PALO ALTO LLC
`Patent Owner.
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` Case IPR2015-01550 (8,729,094) 1
`Case IPR2015-01551 (8,729,094)
`Case IPR2015-01553 (8,729,094)
`Case IPR2015-01554 (8,729,094)
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, CHRISTOPHER G. PAULRAJ, and
`ROBERT A. POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION OF PROCEEDINGS
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`1 This Decision addresses issues that are common to each of the above-
`referenced cases. We, therefore, issue a single Decision that has been
`entered in each case. The parties may use this style caption when filing a
`single paper in multiple proceedings, provided that such caption includes a
`footnote attesting that “the word-for-word identical paper is filed in each
`proceeding identified in the caption.”
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`IPR2015-01550 (8,729,094); IPR2015-01551 (8,729,094);
`IPR2015-01553 (8,729,094); IPR2015-01554 (8,729,094)
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`On October 9, 2015, the parties filed joint motions to terminate the
`instant proceeding accompanied by true copies of a settlement agreement
`and joint requests to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential,
`to be kept separate from the patent file, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). (Papers 11, 12, and Exhibit 2001 in each of IPR2015-
`01550, -1551, -1553, and 01554.)
`Petitioner filed four petitions for inter partes review of U.S. Patent
`No. 8,729,094 on July 3, 2015. (Paper 1 in each of IPR2015-01550, -
`1551, -1553, and 01554.) As no trial has been instituted based on any of
`these petitions, all proceedings are in the preliminary proceeding2 stage.
`Based on the facts of these cases, it is appropriate to enter judgment.3
`Therefore, the joint motions to terminate the proceedings are GRANTED.
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`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the joint requests that the settlement agreement be
`treated as business confidential information, to be kept separate from the
`patent file are GRANTED;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate the
`proceedings are GRANTED; and
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`2 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.
`3 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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`IPR2015-01550 (8,729,094); IPR2015-01551 (8,729,094);
`IPR2015-01553 (8,729,094); IPR2015-01554 (8,729,094)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the instant proceedings are
`TERMINATED.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Michael H. Teschner
`William L. Mentlik
`Thomas M. Palisi
`Maegan A. Fuller
`LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ, & MENTLIK, LLP
`MTeschner.ipr@ldlkm.com
`WMentlik.ipr@ldlkm.com
`TPalisi.ipr@ldlkm.com
`MFuller.ipr@ldlkm.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Eric W. Dittmann
`Naveen Modi
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`DrReddysHelsinnIPR@paulhastings.com
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`Thomas L. Irving
`FINNEGAN LLP
`tom.irving@finnegan.com
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`Mark E. Waddell
`LOEB & LOEB LLP
`mwaddell@loeb.com
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