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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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`ILLUMINA, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
`IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2020-00988 Patent 10,407,458
`IPR2020-01065 Patent 10,407,459
`IPR2020-01125 Patent 10,457,984
`IPR2020-01177 Patent 10,435,742
`IPR2020-01323 Patent 10,428,380*
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`JOINT REQUEST TO FILE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS
`CONFIDENTIAL AND TO KEEP IT SEPARATE FROM THE PATENT
`FILES PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`*This identical paper is being filed in each of the above five proceedings.
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`Illumina v. Columbia
`IPR2020-00988, -01065, -01125, -01177, & -01323
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b), 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), and the Board’s
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`authorization on July 16, 2021, Petitioner Illumina, Inc. (“Illumina”) and Patent
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`Owner The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (“Columbia”)
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`jointly request that the confidential Settlement Agreement (Ex. 1169) referenced in
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`the concurrently-filed Joint Motion to Terminate the Proceedings be filed as business
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`confidential information. The parties further jointly request that the confidential
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`Settlement Agreement be kept separate from the files of the patents involved in these
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`inter partes reviews and be made available only on the showing of good cause or to
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`Federal Government agencies on a written request.
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`Dated: July 20, 2021
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`Respectfully Submitted By:
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`/John P. White/
`John P. White, Reg. No. 28,678
`Gary J. Gershik, Reg. No. 39,992
`COOPER & DUNHAM LLP
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`John D. Murnane, Reg. No. 29,836
`Justin J. Oliver, Reg. No. 44,986
`VENABLE LLP
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner,
`Trustees of Columbia University in the
`City of New York
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`/Kerry Taylor/
`Kerry S. Taylor, Reg. No. 43,947
`Michael L. Fuller, Reg. No. 36,516
`William R. Zimmerman (pro hac vice)
`Nathanael R. Luman, Reg. No. 63,160
`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON
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`& BEAR, LLP
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`Attorneys for Petitioner,
`Illumina, Inc.
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`Illumina v. Columbia
`IPR2020-00988, -01065, -01125, -01177, & -01323
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing is being served
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`on July 20, 2021, via email, pursuant to agreement of the parties, to counsel for the
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`Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, at the email addresses
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`below:
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`John P. White
`jwhite@cooperdunham.com
`Gary J. Gershik
`ggershik@cooperdunham.com
`ColumbiaIPR@cooperdunham.com
`Cooper & Dunham, LLP
`30 Rockefeller Plaza, 20th Floor
`New York, NY 10112
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`John D. Murnane
`VENABLE LLP
`jmurnane@venable.com
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104
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`Justin J. Oliver
`VENABLE LLP
`joliver@venable.com
`600 Massachusetts Ave.
`Washington, D.C. 20001
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`Dated: July 20, 2021
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`By: /Kerry Taylor/
`Kerry Taylor (Reg. No. 43,947)
`Nathanael R. Luman (Reg. No. 63,160)
`Michael L. Fuller (Reg. No. 36,516)
`William R. Zimmerman (admitted pro hac vice)
`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`Attorneys for Petitioner
`ILLUMINA, INC.
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`35343192
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