`571-272-7822
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`Paper No. 9
`Date Entered: July 24, 2017
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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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICSCO., LTD. and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERCIA,INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`Vv.
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`IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2017-01212 and IPR2017-01217 (Patent 8,989,445 B2),
`IPR2017-01228 (Patent 8,805,001 B2), and
`IPR2017-01231 (Patent 7,650,015 B2)!
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`Before JONI Y. CHANG, MIRIAM L. QUINN,and
`SHEILA F. McSHANE,Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHANG,Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding
`37 CFR. § 42.72
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`' This Decision addresses issues that are identical in these cases. Therefore, we
`exercise our discretion to issue one decision to be filed in each case.
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`
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`IPR2017-01212 and IPR2017-01217 (Patent 8,989,445 B2)
`IPR2017-01228 (Patent 8,805,001 B2)
`IPR2017-01231 (Patent 7,650,015 B2)
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`I. DISCUSSION
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`OnJuly 20, 2017, in each of the above-identified proceedings, the parties
`filed a Joint Motion to Terminate the proceeding (Paper77), a true copy of the
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`parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 2001), and a requestto treat the settlement
`agreementas business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper8).
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`Each proceedingis still in its preliminary stage. Patent Owner, Image
`Processing Technologies LLC,has notfiled a preliminary responseto the Petition,
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`nor have we decidedto instituteatrial.
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`In the Joint Motions to Terminate,the parties indicate that they have settled
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`their dispute regarding the involved patents. Paper 7, 1-2. According to the
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`parties, terminating the proceedings at this early juncture would promote
`efficiency, preserve Board resources, and minimize unnecessary costs. Id. We
`agree with the parties in this regard. Consequently, we determinethatit is
`appropriate to terminate the proceedings without rendering any further decisions.
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`See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`II. ORDER
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`ORDEREDthattheparties’ requeststo treat the settlement agreements
`(Ex. 2001) as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) are GRANTED; and
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`2 All citations are to IPR2017-01212, as representative, unless otherwise noted.
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`
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`IPR2017-01212 and IPR2017-01217 (Patent 8,989,445 B2)
`IPR2017-01228 (Patent 8,805,001 B2)
`IPR2017-01231 (Patent 7,650,015 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDEREDthatthe Joint Motions to Terminate the
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`above-identified proceedings are GRANTED,andthe proceedings are hereby
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`terminated.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`John Kappos
`Nicholas J. Whilt
`Brian M. Cook
`O’Melveny & Myers LLP
`jkappos@omm.com
`nwhilt@omm.com
`bcook@omm.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Chris Coulson
`Michael Zachary
`Mark Chapman
`Rose Cordero Prey
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`chriscoulson@andrewskurthkenyon.com
`michaelzachary@andrewskurthkenyon.com
`markchapman@andrewskurthkenyon.com
`roseprey@andrewskurthkenyon.com
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