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`Paper No. 8
`Date Entered: April 1, 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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`WAVES AUDIO, LTD.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ANDREA ELECTRONICS CORP.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00461
`Patent 6,049,607
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, and
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ZECHER, 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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`I. DISCUSSION
`On March 8, 2016, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate this
`proceeding (Paper 6), a true copy of the parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 2001),
`and a request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential information
`under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 7).
`This proceeding is still in its preliminary stages. Petitioner, Waves Audio,
`Limited, filed a Petition requesting an inter partes review of claims 1–4, 8, 25–28,
`and 32 of U.S. Patent No. 6,049,607 (“the ’607 patent,” Ex. 1001) on January 14,
`2016. Paper 1. Patent Owner, Andrea Electronics Corporation, has not filed a
`Preliminary Response, and we have not entered a decision whether or not to
`institute an inter partes review.
`In the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding, the parties represent that
`they have settled their disputes regarding the ’607 patent. Paper 6, 2. The parties
`identify the following related matters: (1) the ’607 patent was asserted against
`multiple companies in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
`New York; and (2) the ’607 patent is the subject of an International Trade
`Commission investigation. Id. at 2–3. The parties, however, do not represent that
`the ’607 patent is involved in any other proceedings before the Office. See
`generally id. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to
`terminate this proceeding without rendering any further decisions. See 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.72.
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`II. ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the parties’ request to treat the settlement agreement
`(Ex. 2001) as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is GRANTED; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding is
`GRANTED, and this proceeding is hereby terminated.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`J. Scott Denko
`Patrick Stellitano
`DENKO LAUFF, L.L.P.
`denko@dcllegal.com
`Stellitano@dcllegal.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Andy H. Chan
`George S. Haight
`Andrew Schultz
`Yue Li
`PEPPER HAMILTON LLP
`chana@pepperlaw.com
`haightg@pepperlaw.com
`schultza@pepperlaw.com
`lil@pepperlaw.com
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