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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.,
`Petitioner,
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`LIMESTONE MEMORY SYSTEMS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2016-01561
`U.S. Patent No. 6,233,181
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`JOINT REQUEST TO FILE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS
`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
`AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.47(c)
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`Submitted Electronically via PTAB E2E
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`Concurrently with the filing of this Request, the Petitioner and Patent Owner
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`are filing a Joint Motion to Terminate this inter partes review due to settlement of
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`the dispute regarding U.S. Patent No. 6,233,181 between the parties. A true copy
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`of the parties’ written settlement agreement is being filed concurrently as Exhibit
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`1021. The parties request that the settlement agreement be sealed to the public and
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`accessible by the “Parties and Board Only.” The settlement agreement contains
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`business confidential information, and the parties hereby request that the settlement
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`agreement be kept as a separate paper from the file of the involved patent to be
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`made available only under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.74(c).
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`Dated: October 18, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ John R. Hutchins
`John R. Hutchins (Reg. No. 43,686)
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`1500 K Street NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`T: 202.220.4200
`F: 202.220.4201
`jhutchins@andrewskurthkenyon.com
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`Rose Cordero Prey (pro hac vice)
`rcordero@ andrewskurthkenyon.com)
`Michael Zachary (pro hac vice)
`mzachary@ andrewskurthkenyon.com
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`Nicholas T. Peters (Reg. No. 53,456)
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`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
`Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP
`120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`T: (312) 577-7000
`F: (312) 577-7007
`ntpete@fitcheven.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, that a true
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`and correct copy of JOINT REQUEST TO FILE SETTLEMENT
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`AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.47(c) has been
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`served on the Patent Owner’s attorneys of record via email, on October 18, 2017 at
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`the following addresses:
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`Nicholas T. Peters (Reg. No. 53,456)
`Email: ntpete@fitcheven.com
`Paul B. Henkelmann (Reg. No. 65,891)
`Email: phenkelmann@fitcheven.com
`David A. Gosse (Reg. No. 61,511)
`Email: dgosse@fitcheven.com
`FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP
`120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603-3406
`Telephone: (312) 577-7000
`Facsimile: (312) 577-7007
`Email: LimestoneIPR@fitcheven.com
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`/s/ John R. Hutchins
`John R. Hutchins (Reg. No. 43,686)
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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