`571-272-7822
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`Paper 8
`Entered: February 24, 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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TACTILE FEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2016-00206
`Patent 7,973,773 B2
`
`Before BRYAN F. MOORE, DAVID C. McKONE, and
`FRANCES L. IPPOLITO, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`McKONE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Joint Motion to Terminate
`35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74
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`
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`IPR2016-00206
`Patent 7,973,773 B2
`On February 9, 2016, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate
`Proceeding on the basis of a settlement reached by the parties. Paper 6. The
`parties further filed a true copy of a Settlement and License Agreement
`(Ex. 1029) and a Joint Request to Treat Settlement Agreement as Business
`Information and Keep Separate under 35 U.S.C. § 317 (Paper 7). The above
`filings were authorized pursuant to an email sent by the Board on February
`4, 2016.
`This proceeding is in an early stage and no decision whether to
`institute inter partes review has been made. Additionally, the parties
`represent that
`(1) [the parties] have reached an agreement resolving the
`dispute involving the patent at issue in this IPR; (2) termination
`of the IPR is requested prior to a Decision on Institution of the
`IPR; (3) the prior litigation between the Parties in connection
`with the patent at issue has been dismissed; (4) the Parties do
`not foresee any future litigation between them relating to the
`patent at issue in this IPR; and (5) there are no other petitioners
`to this IPR other than Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
`Paper 6, 2. Based on the facts of the instant proceeding, it is appropriate to
`terminate. Therefore, the joint motion to terminate the instant proceeding is
`granted.
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`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the instant proceeding is
`granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the
`Settlement and License Agreement (Ex. 1029) be treated as business
`confidential information, kept separate from the file of U.S. Patent No.
`7,973,773 B2, and made available only to Federal Government agencies on
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`IPR2016-00206
`Patent 7,973,773 B2
`written request, or to any person on a showing of good cause, under the
`provisions 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeding is terminated.
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`PETITIONER:
`Jennifer Sklenar
`Jin-Suk Park
`Arnold & Porter LLP
`Jennifer.Sklenar@aporter.com
`Jin.Park@aporter.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Robert Azzi
`Janet Ramsey
`Vito Ciaravino
`Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
`mazzi@wnj.com
`jramsey@wnj.com
`vciaravino@wnj.com
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