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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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`APPLE INC., HTC CORPORATION, HTC AMERICA, INC.,
`ZTE CORPORATION, AND ZTE (USA), INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2016-014931
`Patent 8,457,676 B2
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS
`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. 42.74(c)
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`1 HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc., ZTE Corporation, and ZTE (USA), Inc.
`filed a petition in (now terminated) IPR2017-01081, and have been joined to the
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`Joint Request to Treat Agreement
`as Business Confidential Information
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`IPR2016-01493
` U.S. Patent No. 8,457,676
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner Apple
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`Inc. and Patent Owner Cellular Communications Equipment LLC jointly request
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`that Exhibit APPL-1022—a true copy of the written Settlement and License
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`Agreement between the parties referenced in the concurrently-filed Joint Motion to
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`Terminate—be treated as business confidential information and be kept separate
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`from the public files of the involved patent. The parties hereby certify that, to the
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`best of their knowledge, the documents sought to be protected have not been made
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`publicly available.
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`Dated: October 9, 2017
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`Dated: October 5, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Andrew S. Ehmke/
`Andrew S. Ehmke
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Reg. No. 50,271
`Haynes and Boone, LLP
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Terry A. Saad (Reg. No. 62,492)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Bragalone Conroy PC
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