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`Paper No. 14
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` Entered: January 10, 2017
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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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`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`ASTRAZENECA AB,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01324
`Patent 7,456,160 B2
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`Before BRIAN P. MURPHY, ZHENYU YANG, and
`ROBERT A. POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`POLLOCK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74
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`On January 9, 2017, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate this
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`proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(a). Paper 11. In addition, pursuant
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`to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), the parties filed a true and
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`correct copy of a Settlement and License Agreement (Paper 12), along with
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`a Joint Request That Settlement Agreement Be Treated as Business
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`Confidential Information, to be kept separate from the publicly available
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`patent files (Paper 13).
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`This case is in the preliminary stage. No decision on whether to
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`institute a trial has been made. Under the circumstances, it is appropriate to
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`terminate the proceeding. Therefore, the Joint Motion to Terminate this
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`proceeding is GRANTED.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is
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`GRANTED and the proceeding is hereby terminated;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the
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`settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information is
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`GRANTED. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c),
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`Paper 12 shall be treated as business confidential information, kept separate
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`from the file of the involved patents, and made available only to Federal
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`Government agencies on written request, or to any person on a showing of
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`good cause.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Brandon M. White
`Crystal R. Canterbury
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`BMWhite@PerkinsCoie.com
`CCanterbury@PerkinsCoie.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Filko Prugo
`Caitlin Hogan
`Marc Pensabene
`John Murray
`O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`fprugo@omm.com
`chogan@omm.com
`mpensabene@omm.com
`kmurray2@omm.com