`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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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2020-01270
`U.S. Patent No. 9,219,780
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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 8, 2021, Petitioner Microsoft Corporation and
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`Patent Owner Synkloud Technologies LLC jointly request that the Settlement
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`Agreement (Exhibit 1042) referenced in the concurrently-filed Joint Motion to
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`Terminate Proceeding be filed as business confidential information. This
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`Settlement Agreement describes the highly confidential terms of the parties’ single
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`settlement, which constitutes confidential commercial information under the Board’s
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`rules. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.54; Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,760
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`(Aug. 14, 2012). The parties further jointly request that the Settlement Agreement be
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`kept separate from the file of the patent involved in the inter partes review and be
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`made available only on the showing of good cause or to Federal Government
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`agencies on a written request. 35 U.S.C. § 317(b); 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/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
`Washington, DC 20009
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`Dated: November 11, 2021
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I hereby certify that on this 11th day of
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`November, 2021, I caused to be served a true and correct copy of the foregoing and
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`any accompanying exhibits by electronic mail on the following counsel:
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`Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves - gonsalves@capitoliplaw.com
`Yeasun Yoon - yoon@capitoliplaw.com
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`Dated: November 11, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Francis Quaynor/
`Francis Quaynor
`Paralegal
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