`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
`Date Entered: October 16, 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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`GOOGLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SILVER STATE INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01738
`Patent 7,650,234 B2
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`Before KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, MICHAEL R. ZECHER, and
`GLENN J. PERRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DESHPANDE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
` Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72 and 42.74
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`IPR2015-01738
`Patent 7,650,234 B2
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`I. DISCUSSION
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`On October 14, 2015, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate this
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`proceeding (Paper 6), a true copy of the parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 1012),
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`and a request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential information
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 7).
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`This proceeding is still in its preliminary stages. Petitioner, Google
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`Incorporated, filed a Petition requesting an inter partes review of claims 1–30 of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,650,234 B2 (“the ’234 patent”) on August 17, 2015. Paper 1.
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`Patent Owner, Silver State Intellectual Technologies Incorporated, has not filed a
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`Preliminary Response, and we have not entered a decision whether or not to
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`institute an inter partes review. In the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding,
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`the parties represent that they have settled the related district court case involving
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`the ’234 patent. Paper 6, 3–4. The parties also represent that the ’234 patent is not
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`involved in any other pending inter partes review proceedings. Id. at 3. Under
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`these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to terminate this
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`proceeding without rendering any further decisions. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`II. ORDER
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`ORDERED that the parties’ request to treat the settlement agreement
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`(Ex. 1012) as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is GRANTED; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding is
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`GRANTED, and this proceeding is hereby terminated.
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`IPR2015-01738
`Patent 7,650,234 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Naveen Modi
`Joseph Palys
`Daniel Zeilberger
`Paul Hastings LLP
`Google-Silverstate-IPR@paulhastings.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Frederick S. Berretta
`Marko R. Zoretic
`Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
`2fsb@knobbe.com
`2mrz@knobbe.com
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