`571.272.7822
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`Paper No. 15
`Entered: August 6, 2015
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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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`MOD-U-SERVE,INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`V.
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`KITCHEN EQUIPMENT FABRICATING COMPANY,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00844
`Patent 8,701,554 B2
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`Before WILLIAM V. SAINDON, JAMESA. TARTAL,and
`TINA E. HULSE,Administrative Patent Judges.
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`HULSE,Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 CFR. § 42.73
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`IPR2015-00844
`Patent 8,701,554 B2
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`On August 5, 2015, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(a) and 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.74, the parties filed a copy of a settlement agreement (Paper 14') along
`with a joint request to treat the settlement agreement as business
`confidential, to be separate from the patent file (Paper 13). In addition, the
`parties filed a joint motion to terminate the case under 35 U.S.C. § 317(a).
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`Paper 12.
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`This caseis in an early stage and noinstitution ofa trial has been
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`made. Based onthefacts of this case, it is appropriate to terminate the case.
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`Therefore, the joint motion to terminate the case is GRANTED.
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`Accordingly,it is
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`ORDEREDthatthe parties’ request that the settlement agreement be
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`treated as business confidential information, to be kept separate from the
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`patentfile, is GRANTED;
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`FURTHER ORDEREDthatthe joint motion to terminate the case is
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`GRANTED;
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`FURTHER ORDEREDthat the case is TERMINATED.
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`' Wenote thatthe preferred practiceis to file the true copyof the settlement
`agreement as an exhibit, rather than a paper.
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`IPR2015-00844
`Patent 8,701,554 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`John Egbert
`mail@egbertlawoffices.com
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`Kevin McDaniel
`kmcdaniel@egbertlawoffices.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Robert Evans,Jr.
`revans@senniger.com
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`Marc Vander Tuig
`mvandertuig@senniger.com
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