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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.
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`PETITIONER,
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`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC,
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`PATENT OWNER.
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`Case No. IPR2019-01438
`U.S. Patent No. 8,416,862
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`JOINT REQUEST TO KEEP SEPARATE PURSUANT TO
`35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner ZTE
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`(USA) Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Patent Owner Bell Northern Research, LLC (“Patent
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`Owner”) (collectively the “Parties”) jointly request that Exhibit 2001, a true copy
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`of the written BNR-ZTE Settlement and Patent License Agreement (dated
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`December 6, 2019) between the Parties referenced in the Joint Motion to
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`Terminate Proceeding, be treated as business confidential information and be kept
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`separate from the file of the involved patent.
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`/Amol Parikh/
`Amol Parikh
`Counsel for Petitioner
`Reg. No. 60,671
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
`444 West Lake Street
`Chicago, IL 60606-0029
`Phone: 312-984-6477
`Fax: 312-984-7700
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`/Steven W. Hartsell/
`Steven W. Hartsell
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Reg. No. 58,788
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`1601 Elm Street, Suite 4400
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`P: 214-978-6600/F: 214-978-6601
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Joint Request
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`to Keep Separate was served on December 12, 2019, by delivering a copy via
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`electronic mail to the attorneys of record for the Petitioners as follows:
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`Amol A. Parikh
`Charles M. McMahon
`Thomas M. DaMario
`Jiaxiao Zhang
`ZTEBNR-PTAB@mwe.com
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`Dated: December 12, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Steven W. Hartsell/
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Reg. No. 58,788
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`1601 Elm Street, Suite 4400
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`P: 214-978-6600/F: 214-978-6601
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