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`Paper 11
`Entered: September 17, 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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`CIPLA LTD.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-01020 (Patent 8,791,154 B2)
`Case IPR2018-01021 (Patent 9,533,053 B2)1
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`Before GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, CHRISTOPHER M. KAISER,
`and CHRISTOPHER G. PAULRAJ, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`KAISER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Termination of the Proceedings
`35 U.S.C. § 317(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`1 This Order addresses issues that are the same in all identified cases. We
`exercise our discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each case. The
`parties, however, are not authorized to use this style heading in subsequent
`papers.
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`Case IPR2018-01020 (Patent 8,791,154 B2)
`Case IPR2018-01021 (Patent 9,533,053 B2)
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`On September 14, 2018, the parties filed Joint Motions to Terminate
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`these two proceedings pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(a). Paper 10.2 In
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`addition, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), the
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`parties filed true and correct copies of a Settlement and License Agreement
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`in each proceeding. Ex. 1043. The Agreements were accompanied by joint
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`requests to treat the Agreement as business confidential information, to be
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`kept separate from the publicly available patent files. Paper 9.
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`Under 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), “[a]n inter partes review instituted under
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`this chapter shall be terminated with respect to any petitioner upon the joint
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`request of the petitioner and patent owner, unless the Office has decided the
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`merits of the proceeding before the request for termination is filed.” In these
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`cases, Petitioner has filed its petitions, and Patent Owner has filed its
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`mandatory notices, but there have been no preliminary responses, and we
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`have not yet decided whether to institute trial. Paper 1; Paper 7.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.72, “[t]he Board may terminate a [proceeding]
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`without rendering a final written decision, where appropriate, including . . .
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`pursuant to a joint request under 35 U.S.C. [§] 317(a).” After reviewing the
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`Joint Motions to Terminate and the Agreements, we determine that it is
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`appropriate to terminate each of these proceedings without instituting trial or
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`rendering a final written decision. Therefore, the Joint Motions to Terminate
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`are GRANTED.
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`2 We cite to the papers and exhibits filed in IPR2018-01020. Similar filings
`exist in IPR2018-01021.
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`Case IPR2018-01020 (Patent 8,791,154 B2)
`Case IPR2018-01021 (Patent 9,533,053 B2)
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the Joint Motions to Terminate are GRANTED, and
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`IPR2018-01020 and IPR2018-01021 are hereby TERMINATED; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Requests to File Settlement
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`Agreements as Business Confidential Information are GRANTED, and the
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`Settlement and License Agreements will be kept separate from the patent
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`files.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jitendra Malik, Ph.D.
`Brian Sodikoff
`Alissa M. Pacchioli
`KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
`jitty.malik@kattenlaw.com
`brian.sodikoff@kattenlaw.com
`alissa.pacchioli@kattenlaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Christopher A. Suarez
`David M. Krinsky
`WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP
`csuarez@wc.com
`dkrinsky@wc.com
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`Peter J. Waibel
`NOVARTIS PHARMACUTICAL CORP.
`Peter.waibel@novartis.com
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