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`571-272-7822
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`Paper 26
`Entered: September6, 2023
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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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`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`V.
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`TORCHLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2022-01500
`Patent 11,208,029 B2
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`Before JON M. JURGOVAN, JASON W. MELVIN, and
`AARON W. MOORE,Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MELVIN,Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Due to Settlement After Institution of Trial
`35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 CFR. $ 42.74
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`IPR2022-01500
`Patent 11,208,029 B2
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`I. INTRODUCTION
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`On August 15, 2023, with the Board’s authorization, Petitioner and
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`Patent Owner(collectively “the Parties”) filed a Joint Motion to Dismiss and
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`Terminate this Proceeding. Paper 25 (“Joint Motion’).
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`Il. DISCUSSION
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`In the Joint Motion, the Parties represent that Petitioner “seeks to
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`reallocate its budgets and resources,” and “[nJeither party wishes to spend
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`additional resources on this proceeding.” Joint Motion 3. The Parties also
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`represent that they “have no other dispute, and dismissal will resolve
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`matters.” /d. at 2. “The parties further confirm that, beyond theirjoint
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`agreementto file this motion, there are no other agreements between them,
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`written or otherwise.” /d. at 4.
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`Under 35 U.S.C. §317(a), an interpartes review “shall be terminated
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`with respect to any petitioner upon the joint request ofthe petitioner andthe
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`patent owner, unless the Office has decided the merits ofthe proceeding.” In
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`view of the early stage ofthe trial in this proceeding, and given wehave not
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`yet decided the merits, we determine that good cause exists to dismiss the
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`petition and terminate this proceeding with respectto the Parties.
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`This Order doesnot constitute a final written decision pursuant to 35
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`U.S.C. §318(a).
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`II. ORDER
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`Accordingly, for the reasons discussed above,it 1s:
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`ORDEREDthat the Joint Motionis granted, and the petition in
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`IPR2022-01500 is dismissed andthis proceeding1s terminated.
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`IPR2022-01500
`Patent 11,208,029 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
`Ellyar Barazesh
`David Seastrunk
`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC
`ellyar@unifiedpatents.com
`david@unifiedpatents.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
`Sangeeta Shah
`David Bir
`Bernard Tomsa
`BROOKS KUSHMANP.C.
`sshah @brookskushman.com
`dbir@brookskushman.com
`btomsa@brookskushman.com
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