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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`KOSS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2021-00592
`U.S. Patent No. 10,469,934
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`JOINT REQUEST THAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FILED
`SEPARATELY AS EXHIBIT 2053 BE TREATED AS BUSINESS
`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND BE KEPT SEPARATE FROM
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`Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Koss Corporation (“Patent Owner”) hereby
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`request that the Settlement Agreement filed separately as Exhibit 2053, and
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`referenced in Petitioner and Patent Owner’s Joint Motion to Terminate pursuant to
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`35 U.S.C. § 327(a), shall be treated as business confidential information, shall be
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`kept separate from the file of the involved patent, and shall be made available only
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`to Federal Government agencies on written request, or to any person on a showing
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`of good cause pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). It is
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`believed that no fee is due with this filing. If necessary, however, the
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`Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any additional fees which may be
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`required, or credit any overpayment to Deposit Account No. 02-1818.
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`Dated: July 28, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/W. Karl Renner/
`W. Karl Renner (Reg. 41,265)
`David Holt (Reg. 65,161)
`Joel Henry (Reg. 72,970)
`Seth Sproul, Pro Hac Vice
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Tel. 202-783-5070
`Email: IPR50095-0018IP1@fr.com
`Email: PTABInbound@fr.com
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`Jennie Harjes (Reg. No. 77,687)
`Michael Pieja, Pro Hac Vice
`Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
`200 South Wacker Drive, 22nd Floor
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`Dated: July 28, 2022
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`Case IPR2021-00592
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`Chicago, IL 60606
`Tel. 312-881-5958
`Email: jhartes@goldmanismail.com
`Email: mpieja@goldmanismlai.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/Mark G. Knedeisen/
`Mark G. Knedeisen (Reg. No. 42,747)
`Laurén Shuttleworth Murray (Reg. No. 67,462)
`Brian P. Bozzo (Reg. No. 77,190)
`K&L Gates LLP
`210 Sixth Avenue
`Pittsburgh, PA 15222
`Tel. 412-355-6342
`Email: mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
`Email: lauren.murray@klates.com
`Email: brian.bozzo@klgates.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PATENT OWNER
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on July 28, 2022, I caused a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing to be served on the following counsel for Petitioner by electronic mail to
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`the following email addresses:
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`W. Karl Renner
`David Holt
`Joel Henry
`Seth Sproul
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Email: IPR50095-0018IP1@fr.com
`Email: PTABInbound@fr.com
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`Jennie Hartjes
`Michael Pieja
`Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan &
`Baum LLP
`200 South Wacker Drive, 22nd Floor
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Tel: 312-881-5958
`Email: jhartjes@goldmanismail.com
`Email: mpieja@goldmanismail.com
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`By:
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`/Mark G. Knedeisen/
`Mark G. Knedeisen (Reg. No. 42,747)
`K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue
`Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
`Tel.: (412) 355-6342
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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