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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SOLENIS TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01592
`Patent No. 8,962,059
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO SEAL
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`IPR2015-01592
`Motion to Seal
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 and 42.54, Patent Owner, Solenis
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`Technologies, L.P. (“Solenis”), respectfully requests that the Board seal the
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`following documents because they contain confidential information:
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`Exhibit 2003 – Declaration of Scott Kohl
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`Exhibit 2004 – Declaration of Jennifer Bailey
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`Exhibit 2012 – Sales of the DimensionTM products
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`Exhibit 2013 – Line Card for the DimensionTM products
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`Exhibit 2017 – Solenis Trial Plan
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`Patent Owner’s Response
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`Those documents are currently provisionally sealed. Pursuant to Section
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`4(A)(ii) of the Default Standing Protective Order, to which the parties have agreed,
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`non-confidential versions containing redactions have been submitted when
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`possible. See 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48771 (Aug. 14, 2012). A copy of the
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`protective order and the parties’ signed certifications of agreement are attached at
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`Attachment 1.
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`Notwithstanding the default rule that all papers filed in an inter partes
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`review are open and available for access by the public, a party may file a motion
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`with the Board to seal confidential information that is protected from disclosure.
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`Garmin v. Cuozzo, IPR2012-00001, Paper No. 36. Confidential information in an
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`inter partes review is identified in a manner consistent with Federal Rule of Civil
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`Procedure 26(c)(1)(G), which provides for protective orders for trade secret or
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`other confidential research, development, or commercial information.” Office
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`Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, at 48760 (Aug. 14, 2012) “The
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`standard for granting a motion to seal is ‘for good cause.’” Id. (quoting 37 C.F.R
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`§ 42.54).
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`Solenis submits that good causes exist for sealing of the confidential
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`information contained in the above-identified documents pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`42.54 and the Patent Office Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, at 48760.
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`Solenis’s confidential information includes competitively sensitive technical,
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`financial, and sales-related business information, including highly sensitive
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`information, the disclosure of which is likely to result in significant harm to
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`Solenis’s business and competitive position. Solenis relies upon this information
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`as proof of commercial success of its patented technology.
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`Provided below for each pertinent document is a non-confidential
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`description of the confidential information, the reasons why the information is
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`confidential, and the reasons why the information should not be made available to
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`the public.
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` Exhibit 2003, Declaration of Scott D. Kohl:
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`The redacted portions of Exhibit 2003 contain confidential commercial
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`information pertaining to the ingredients of Patent Owner’s DimensionTM Corn Oil
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`Extraction Aids (“the DimensionTM products”). If disclosed, this information could
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`put Solenis at a commercial disadvantage with potential customers and
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`competitors.
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` Exhibit 2004, Declaration of Jennifer Bailey:
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`The redacted portions of Exhibit 2004 contain confidential commercial
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`information pertaining to the ingredients of the DimensionTM products, and
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`confidential sales information pertaining to them. If disclosed, this information
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`could put Solenis at a commercial disadvantage with potential customers and
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`competitors.
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` Exhibit 2012, Sales of the DimensionTM Products:
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`This document contains confidential commercial information pertaining to
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`the sales volume for the DimensionTM products. If disclosed, this information
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`could put Solenis at a commercial disadvantage with potential customers and
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`competitors.
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` Exhibit 2013, Line Card Information for the DimensionTM Products:
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`This document contains confidential information pertaining to the
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`development and use of the DimensionTM products. If disclosed, this information
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`could put Solenis at a commercial disadvantage with potential customers and
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`competitors.
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` Exhibit 2017, Solenis Trial Plan:
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`This document contains commercially sensitive information pertaining to
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`Solenis’s marketing strategy and customer information. If disclosed, this
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`information could put Solenis at a commercial disadvantage with potential
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`customers and competitors.
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` Patent Owner’s Response
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`The majority of Solenis’s Patent Owner Response is not confidential.
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`However, it contains confidential information that is derived from the Dr. Kohl’s
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`declaration (2003), Ms. Bailey’s declaration (Ex. 2004), Exhibit 2012, Exhibits
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`2013, and Ex. 2017. Accordingly, for the reasons stated above, portions of the
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`Response should remain under seal.
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`Patent Owner therefore respectfully requests that the aforementioned
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`materials remain under seal pursuant to the Default Standing Protective Order.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Joseph Lucci/
`Joseph Lucci, Esquire
`Reg. No. 33,307
`Baker & Hostetler LLP
`Cira Centre, 12th Floor
`2929 Arch Street
`Philadelphia, PA 19104
`215-568-3100 main
`215-568-3439 fax
`jlucci@bakerlaw.com
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`Dated: April 22, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I, David N. Farsiou, hereby certify that on this 22nd day of April, the
`foregoing PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO SEAL was served electronically via
`e-mail on the following:
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`Richard Roche
`Joel A. Austin
`Christopher J. Fahy
`QUARLES & BRADY LLP
`411 East Wisconsin Avenue
`Suite 2350
`Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
`richard.roche@quarles.com
`joel.austin@quarles.com
`christopher.fahy@quarles.com
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`/David N. Farsiou/
`David N. Farsiou
`Reg. No. 44,104
`Baker & Hostetler LLP
`Cira Centre, 12th Floor
`2929 Arch Street
`Philadelphia, PA 19104
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`ATTACHMENT 1
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`ATTACHMENT 1
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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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`HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SO LENIS TECHNOLOGIES, L.P .,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-01592
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`DEFAULT STANDING PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`This standing protective order governs the treatment and filing of
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`confidential information, including documents and testimony in Case No.
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`IPR2015-01592. It follows the Board's default protective order set forth in
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`Appendix B of the Patent Office Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,771
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`(Aug. 14, 2012). The parties are (1) Patent Owner Solenis Technologies, L.P., and
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`(2) Petitioner Hydrite Chemical Co.
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`1.
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`Designation of Confidential Information. The producing party shall
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`have the obligation to clearly mark as "PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL" any
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`documents or information considered to be confidential under the Protective
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`order.
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`2.
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`Persons Entitled to Access to Confidential Information. A party
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`receiving confidential information shall strictly restrict access to that information
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`to the following individuals who have executed the acknowledgement appended to
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`this order:
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`(A) Parties. Persons who are owners of a patent involved in the
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`proceeding and other persons who are named parties to the proceeding.
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`(B) Party Representatives. Representatives of record for a party in the
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`proceeding.
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`(C) Experts. Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who
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`further certify in the Acknowledgement that they are not a competitor to any party,
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`or a consultant for, or employed by, such a competitor with respect to the subject
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`matter of the proceeding.
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`(D) In-house counsel. In-house counsel of a party.
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`(E) Other Employees of a Party. Employees, consultants, or other
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`persons performing work for a party, other than in-house counsel and in-house
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`counsel's support staff, who sign the Acknowledgement, shall be extended access
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`to confidential information only upon agreement of the parties or by order of the
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`Board upon a motion brought by the party seeking to disclose confidential
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`information to that person. The party opposing disclosure to that person shall have
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`the burden of proving that such person should be restricted from access to
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`confidential information.
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`(F) The Office. Employees and representatives of the U.S. Patent and
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`Trademark Office who have a need for access to the confidential information shall
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`have such access without the requirement to sign an Acknowledgement. Such
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`employees and representatives shall include the Director, members of the Board
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`and staff, other Office support personnel, court reporters, and other persons acting
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`on behalf of the Office.
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`(G) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff, court
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`reporters and other support personnel of the foregoing persons who are reasonably
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`necessary to assist those persons in the proceeding shall not be required to sign an
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`Acknowledgement, but shall be informed of the terms and requirements of the
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`Protective Order by the person they are supporting who receives confidential
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`information.
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`3.
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`Protection of Coefzdential Information. Persons receiving
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`confidential information shall take reasonable care to maintain the confidentiality
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`of that information, including:
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`(A) Maintaining such information in a secure location to which
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`persons not authorized to receive the information shall not have access;
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`(B) Otherwise using reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality
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`of the information, which efforts shall be no less rigorous than those the recipient
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`uses to maintain the confidentiality of information not received from the disclosing
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`party;
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`(C) Ensuring that support personnel of the recipient who have access
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`to the confidential information understand and abide by the obligation to maintain
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`the confidentiality of information received that is designated as confidential; and
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`(D) Limiting the copying of confidential information to a reasonable
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`number of copies needed for conduct of the proceeding and maintaining a record of
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`the locations of such copies.
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`4.
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`Persons receiving confidential information shall use the following
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`procedures to maintain the confidentiality of the information:
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`(A) Documents and Information Filed With the Board.
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`(i) A party may file documents or information with the Board
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`under seal, together with a non-confidential description of the nature of the
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`confidential information that is under seal and the reasons why the information is
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`confidential and should not be made available to the public. The submission shall
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`be treated as confidential and remain under seal, unless, upon motion of a party
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`and after a hearing on the issue, or sua sponte, the Board determines that the
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`documents or information do not to qualify for confidential treatment.
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`(ii) Where confidentiality is alleged as to some but not all of the
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`information submitted to the Board, the submitting party shall file confidential and
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`non-confidential versions of its submission, together with a Motion to Seal the
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`confidential version setting forth the reasons why the information redacted from
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`the non-confidential version is confidential and should not be made available to the
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`public. The nonconfidential version of the submission shall clearly indicate the
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`locations of information that has been redacted. The confidential version of the
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`submission shall be filed under seal. The redacted information shall remain under
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`seal unless, upon motion of a party and after a hearing on the issue, or sua sponte,
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`the Board determines that some or all of the redacted information does not qualify
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`for confidential treatment.
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`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties.
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`Information designated as confidential that is disclosed to another party during
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`discovery or other proceedings before the Board shall be clearly marked as
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`"PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL" and shall be produced in a manner that
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`maintains its confidentiality.
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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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`HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SOLENIS TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.,
`Patent Owner
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`STANDARD ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR ACCESS TO
`PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL
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`I,
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`, affirm that I have read the Protective Order; that I will
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`abide by its terms; that I will use the confidential information only in connection
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`with this proceeding and for no other purpose; that I will only allow access to
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`supp011 staff who are reasonably necessary to assist me in this proceeding; that
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`prior to any disclosure to such support staff I informed or will inform them of the
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`requirements of the Protective Order; that I am personally responsible for the
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`requirements of the terms of the Protective Order and I agree to submit to the
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`jurisdiction of the Office and the United States District Court for the Eastern
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`District of Virginia for purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective Order and
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`providing remedies for its breach.
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`Dated: - - - - - - - -
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`Signed: ________ _
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`CERTIFICATION OF AGREEMENT TO TERMS OF THE DEFAULT
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`STANDING PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`1, Joseph Lucci, affirm that I am the representative of record for Patent
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`Owner Solenis Technologies, L.P. in IPR2015-01592. I hereby certify that Solenis
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`accepts and agrees to the terms of the Default Standing Protective Order.
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`Dated: April 22, 2016
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`Signed:
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`BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
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`Joseph Lucci (Registration No. 28,734)
`David N. Farsiou (Registration No. 50,982)
`Attorneys for Patent Owner — Solenis
`Technologies, L.P.
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`Baker & Hostetler LLP
`Cira Centre, 12”‘ Floor
`2929 Arch Street
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`Philadelphia, PA 19104-2891
`215-568-3100
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`CERTIFICATION OF AGREEMENT TO TERMS OF THE DEFAULT
`STANDING PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`I, Richard T. Roche, affirm that I am the representative of record for
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`Petitioner Hydrite Chemical Co. in IPR2015-01592. I hereby certify that Hydrite
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`accepts and agrees to the terms of the Default Standing Protective Order.
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`Dated: April 21, 2016
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`Signed:
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`QUARLES & BRADY LLP
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`Richard Roche (Registration No. 38,599)
`Joel Austin (Registration No. 59,712)
`Attorneys for Petitioner - Hydrite Chemical
`Co.
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`Quarles & Brady LLP
`411 East Wisconsin A venue
`Suite 2350
`Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
`414-277-5805
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