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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
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`Petitioner
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`ADVANCED SILICON TECHNOLOGIES LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00894
`Patent 8,933,945 B2
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`JOINT REQUEST THAT AGREEMENT BE TREATED AS BUSINESS
`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND KEPT SEPARATE UNDER 37
`C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Petitioner Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Patent
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` Case IPR2016-00894
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`Owner Advanced Silicon Technologies LLC (“Patent Owner”) have entered into a
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`confidential Agreement that resolves all underlying disputes between the parties,
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`including IPR2016-00894 against U.S. Patent No. 8,933,945 B2. As authorized by
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`the Board by email on August 10, 2016, the parties are concurrently filing a Joint
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`Motion to Terminate this inter partes review proceeding along with the Agreement
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`between the parties (Exhibit 1016). The rules and the statute permit the parties to
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`have any filed agreement treated as business confidential information and kept
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`separate from the files of the involved patent. 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c); 35 U.S.C. §
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`317(b). In the email of August 10, 2016, the Board authorized the parties to file a
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`joint request that the filed Agreement be treated as business confidential
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`information and kept separate.
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`Because the Agreement (Exhibit 1016) contains confidential business
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`information, Petitioner and Patent Owner jointly request that the Office treat the
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`Agreement (Exhibit 1016) as business confidential information, that the
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`Agreement be kept separate from the file of the involved patent (for example, that
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`the Agreement not be accessible through the public Patent Application Information
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`Retrieval system, nor through the PTAB Patent Review Processing System), and
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`that the Agreement be made available only to Federal Government agencies on
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`written request, or to any person on a showing of good cause.
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`Dated: August 16, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted by:
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`/ Michael D. Specht /
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`Michael D. Specht (Registration No. 54,463)
`Daniel E. Yonan (Registration No. 53,812)
`Richard M. Bemben (Registration No.
`68,658)
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C.20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`/s/ William A. Meunier
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`William A. Meunier (Registration No.
`41,193)
`Michael T. Renaud (Registration No.
`44,299)
`Adam S. Rizk (Registration No. 66,867)
`MINTZ, LEVIN, COHEN, FERRIS,
`GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
`One Financial Center
`Boston, MA 02111
`Telephone: (617) 348-1615
`Facsimile: (617) 542-2241
`AdSilTechIPRs@mintz.com
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing JOINT REQUEST
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`THAT AGREEMENT BE TREATED AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL
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`INFORMATION AND KEPT SEPARATE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) was
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`served electronically via e-mail on August 16, 2016, in its entirety on the following
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`counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`William A. Meunier (Lead Counsel)
`Michael T. Renaud (Back-up Counsel)
`Adam S. Rizk (Back-up Counsel)
`MINTZ, LEVIN, COHEN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY, AND POPEO, P.C.
`AdSilTechIPRs@mintz.com
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX
`P.L.L.C.
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`/ Michael D. Specht /
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`Michael D. Specht (Registration No. 54,463)
`Daniel E. Yonan (Registration No. 53,812)
`Richard M. Bemben (Registration No.
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`Date: August 16, 2016
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C.20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600