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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`PAICE LLC and
`THE ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00233
`Patent 7,237,634
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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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`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
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`between the parties. A true copy of the parties’ written settlement agreement is
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`being filed concurrently as Exhibit 1012. The settlement agreement is being filed
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`for access 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 to be made available only under the
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`provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By: /Clifford A. Ulrich/
`Michael J. Lennon
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`Clifford A. Ulrich
`(Reg. No. 42,194; culrich@kenyon.com)
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`One Broadway
`New York, NY 10004
`Tel.: 212.425.7200
`Fax: 212.425.5288
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`By: /Brian J. Livedalen/
`Timothy W. Riffe (Reg. No. 43,881)
`Linda L. Kordziel (Reg. No. 39,732)
`Ruffin B. Cordell (Reg. No. 33,487)
`Brian J. Livedalen (Reg. No. 67,450)
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
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`Dated: February 2, 2017
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`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Tel.: 202.783.5070
`Fax: 899.769.7945
`IPR36351-0013IP7@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The foregoing 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) was served on February 2, 2017, via email upon the following:
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`Timothy W. Riffe (Reg. No. 43,881)
`Linda L. Kordziel (Reg. No. 39,732)
`Ruffin B. Cordell (Reg. No. 33,487)
`Brian J. Livedalen (Reg. No. 67,450)
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Tel.: 202.783.5070
`Fax: 899.769.7945
`IPR36351-0013IP7@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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`/ Clifford A. Ulrich /
`Clifford A. Ulrich (Reg. No. 42,194)
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`Michael J. Lennon (mlennon@kenyon.com; Reg. No. 26,562) Lead Counsel
`Clifford A. Ulrich (culrich@kenyon.com; Reg. No. 42, 194) Backup Counsel
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`One Broadway
`New York, NY 10004
`Tel: 212.425.7200
`Fax: 212.425.5288
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