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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION and HP INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`SYNKLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Patent No. 9,219,780
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2020-01269
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`JOINT REQUEST THAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BE
`TREATED AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.SC. § 317
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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 via email on November 17, 2021, Petitioner HP, Inc. and Patent Owner
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`Synkloud Technologies LLC jointly request that the Settlement Agreement (Exhibit
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`2043) referenced in the concurrently-filed Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding
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`be filed as business confidential information. This Settlement Agreement describes
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`the highly confidential terms of the parties’ single settlement, which constitutes confidential
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`commercial information under the Board’s rules. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.54; Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,760 (Aug. 14, 2012). The parties further jointly
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`request that the Settlement Agreement be kept separate from the file of the patent
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`involved in the inter partes review and be made available only on the showing of
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`good cause or to Federal Government agencies on a written request. 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 317(b); 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Dated: November 22, 2021
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/s/ Joseph A. Micallef
`Joseph A. Micallef
`Reg. No. 39,772
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Attorney for Petitioners
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`By: /s/ Gregory J. Gonsalves
`Dr. Gregory Gonsalves
`Reg. No. 43,639
`Capitol IP Law Group, PLLC
`1918 18th St, Unit 4, NW
`Washington, DC 20009
`Phone: 571-419-7252
`Email: gonsalves@capitoliplaw.com
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`Yeasun Yoon
`Reg. No: 73,663
`Capitol IP Law Group, PLLC
`1918 18th St, Unit 4, NW
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), this is to certify that I caused an electronic
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`copy of the foregoing and its exhibits to be served on the Petitioners’ lead and
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`backup counsel listed below by filing in the Patent Review Processing System
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`and by email to the following email addresses:
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`Lead Counsel
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`Joseph A. Micallef
`Reg. No. 39,772
`iprnotices@sidley.com
`jmicallef@sidley.com
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 736-8492
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`Backup Counsel
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`Scott M. Border
`Reg. No. 77,744
`sborder@sidley.com
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 736-8818
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`Date: November 22, 2021
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`By: _/Gregory Gonsalves_____
`Dr. Gregory Gonsalves
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