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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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`ZTE (USA) INC., and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,1
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2019-01365
`U.S. Patent No. 7,039,435
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`REQUEST TO KEEP EXHIBIT 1029 SEPARATE AND
`CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`1 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., who filed a petition in IPR2020-00697, has been
`joined as a petitioner in this proceeding.
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`Case IPR2019-01365
`Patent 7,039,435
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner ZTE (USA) Inc. (“ZTE”) and
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`Patent Owner Bell Northern Research, LLC (“BNR”) jointly request that the Board
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`treat Exhibit 1029, which is a true and correct (non-redacted) copy of a settlement
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`agreement between ZTE and BNR, as business confidential information, keep it
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`separate from the files of the involved patent, and make it available only to the
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`entities and under the conditions identified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Dated: August 26, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Amol A. Parikh/
`Amol A. Parikh, Reg. No. 60,671
`Charles McMahon, Reg. No. 44,926
`Thomas DaMario, Reg. No. 77,142
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
`444 West Lake Street, Suite 4000
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Phone: 312-984-6477
`Fax: 312-984-7700
`amparikh@mwe.com
`cmcmahon@mwe.com
`tdamario@mwe.com
`jrbaker@mwe.com
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`Jiaxiao Zhang, Reg. No. 63,235
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
`18565 Jamboree Road, Suite 250
`Irvine, California 92612
`Phone: 949-757-6398
`Fax: 949-851-9348
`jiazhang@mwe.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner ZTE (USA) Inc.
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`Case IPR2019-01365
`Patent 7,039,435
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Steven W. Hartsell/
`Steven W. Hartsell
`Alexander E. Gasser
`Paul J. Skiermont
`Sadaf R. Abdullah
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`1601 Elm Street, Suite 4400
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Tel: (214) 978-6600
`BNR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`Mieke K. Malmberg
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`800 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1450
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Tel: (213) 788-4500
`BNR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2019-01365
`Patent 7,039,435
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true copy of the foregoing REQUEST
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`TO KEEP EXHIBIT 1029 SEPARATE AND CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) was served in its entirety this 26th day of August 2020 by
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`electronic mail:
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`Steven W. Hartsell
`Alexander E. Gasser
`Paul J. Skiermont
`Sadaf R. Abdullah
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`1601 Elm Street, Suite 4400
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Tel: (214) 978-6600
`BNR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`Mieke K. Malmberg
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`800 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1450
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Tel: (213) 788-4500
`BNR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`Naveen Modi
`Joseph E. Palys
`Quadeer A. Ahmed
`Arvind Jairam
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`875 15th Street NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Tel: (202) 551-1700
`Fax: (202) 551-1705
`PH-Samsung-BNR-IPR@paulhastings.com
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`Case IPR2019-01365
`Patent 7,039,435
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`Attorneys for Petitioner Samsung
`Electronics Co., Ltd.
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`/Amol A. Parikh/
`Amol A. Parikh
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
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