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`571-272-7822
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`Paper 30
`Entered: June 26, 2024
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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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`REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP., and
`TCL INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS CO., INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`V.
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`ATI TECHNOLOGIES, ULC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2023-00922
`Patent8,760,454 B2
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`Before JAMES P. CALVE, BRIAN J. MCNAMARA,and
`KEVIN W. CHERRY,Administrative Patent Judges.
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`McNAMARA,Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Due to Settlement After Institution of Trial.
`35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 CER. $ 42.74
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`IPR2023-00922
`Patent 8,760,454 B2
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`Asauthorized by the panel, pursuant to a settlement, on June 24, 2024
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`Realtek Semiconductor Corp (“Realtek”) and ATI Technologies LLC
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`(“ATY’) filed a Joint Motion to Terminate This Proceeding (Paper 28, “Joint
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`Motion”) anda Joint Request that the Settlement Agreement Be Treated as
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`Business Confidential Information and Kept Separate Under
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`37 C.F.R. 42.74(c) (Paper 27). See 35 U.S.C. §317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`The parties also filed a copy of a related written settlement agreement. Ex.
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`1025.
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`Trial was instituted on December 1, 2023 (Paper 10) and ATIfiled a
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`Patent OwnerResponse on Feb. 23, 2024 (Paper 14). Realtek has not yet
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`filed a Petitioner Reply andanoral hearing has not yet been requested.
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`Joined party TCL Industry Holdings, Inc. (TCL) previously moved to
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`terminate its involvementin the proceeding. Paper 24. TCL’s Motion to
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`Terminate is addressed in a separate paper.
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`The parties have not identified any other related matters and have
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`certified that there are no collateral agreements or understandings made in
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`connection with, or in contemplation of, the termination ofthis proceeding.
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`Joint Motion 2. Under these circumstances, the Board determinesthatit is
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`appropriate to terminate the proceeding before rendering a final written
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`decision. 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`ORDER
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`It is, therefore,
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`ORDEREDthat the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding is
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`GRANTED;
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`FURTHER ORDEREDthatthe parties’ Joint Request That The
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`Settlement Agreements Be Treated as Business Confidential Information
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`2
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`IPR2023-00922
`Patent 8,760,454 B2
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`And Kept Separate From The File of The Involved Patents under the
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`provisions of 35 U.S.C. §317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), isGRANTED.
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`IPR2023-00922
`Patent 8,760,454 B2
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`FOR PETITIONERIPR2023-00922:
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`Jeffrey Johnson
`BAKER BOTTS, LLP
`jeffrey.johnson@bakerbotts.com
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`Christopher J. Higgins
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE, LLP
`OCHPTABDocket@orrick.com
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`Steve Baik
`WHITE HAT LEGAL
`sbaik@whitehat. legal
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`William A. Meunier
`Michael T. Renaud
`Adam S. Rizk
`Reza Dokhanchy
`MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO,P.C.
`wameunier@mintz.com
`mtrenaud@mintz.com
`arizk@mintz.com
`rdokhanchy@mintz.com
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