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`Paper 10
`Entered: February 28, 2018
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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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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION INNOVATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-02022
`Patent 7,917,285 B2
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`Before MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, CARL M. DeFRANCO, and
`GEORGE R. HOSKINS, Administrative Patent Judges.
`WEATHERLY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Dismissing the Petition
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a)
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`On January 22, 2018, we authorized the parties via e-mail to file a
`joint request to terminate this proceeding and to file the settlement
`agreement as business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
`On February 7, 2018, the parties filed their joint motion. Paper 8. With
`their joint motion to terminate, the parties also filed a Motion to Keep
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`Patent 7,917,285 B2
`Confidential their settlement agreement. Paper 9, 1; see also Exhibit 1020 (a
`copy of the settlement agreement).
`We have not instituted trial in this proceeding. Thus, this proceeding
`is in its initial stages. The parties indicate that “written confidential
`settlement agreement . . . fully resolves this matter.” Paper 8, 1; see also id.
`at 3 (indicating that related litigation has been resolved). Under these
`circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to dismiss the petition.
`See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a). This paper does not constitute a final
`written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Dismiss and Terminate
`the Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent 7,917,285 under
`37 C.F.R. 42.71(a) is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition for Inter Partes Review of
`the above-referenced patent is dismissed; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Keep
`Confidential and Separate under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.74(c) is granted.
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`IPR2017-02022
`Patent 7,917,285 B2
`PETITIONER:
`Jason R. Mudd
`Eric A. Buresh
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`ptab@eriseip.com
`Jason.mudd@eriseip.com
`Eric.buresh@eriseip.com
`Jonathan Stroud
`Ashraf A. Fawzy
`UNIFIED PATENTS, INC.
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
`afawzy@unifiedpatents.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Jay Johnson
`KIZZIA JOHNSON, PLLC
`jay@kjpllc.com
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