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Paper No. 8
`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
`Date Entered: November 3, 2015
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`REALTECK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`ANDREA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2015-01391
`Patent 5,825,898
`____________
`
`
`
`
`
`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, and
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`JEFFERSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`DECISION
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72 and 42.74
`
`
`
`
`
`
`

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`IPR2015-01391
`Patent 5,825,898
`
`
`
`
`I. DISCUSSION
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`On October 16, 2015, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate this
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`proceeding (Paper 6), a true copy of the parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 2001),
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`and a request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential information
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 7).
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`This proceeding is still in its preliminary stages. Petitioner, Realtek
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`Semiconductor Corporation (“Realtek”), filed a Petition requesting an inter partes
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`review of claims 1–28 of U.S. Patent No. 5,825,898 (“the ’898 patent”). Paper 1.
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`Patent Owner, Andrea Electronics Corporation (“Andrea”), has not filed a
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`Preliminary Response, and we have not entered a decision whether or not to
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`institute an inter partes review.
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`In the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding, the parties represent that
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`they have settled their disputes regarding the ’898 patent. Paper 6, 2. The parties
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`identify the following related matters: (1) the ’898 patent was asserted against
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`multiple companies in the United States Court for the Eastern District of New
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`York; (2) the ’898 patent is the subject of an International Trade Commission
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`investigation; and (3) in the United States Court for the Northern District of
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`California Realtek filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Andrea concerning a
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`licensing agreement related to the ’898 patent. Id. at 2–4. The parties, however,
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`do not represent that the ’898 patent is involved in any other proceedings before
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`the Office. See generally id. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is
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`appropriate to terminate this proceeding without rendering any further decisions.
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`See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`2
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`

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`IPR2015-01391
`Patent 5,825,898
`
`
`
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`II. ORDER
`
`ORDERED that the parties’ request to treat the settlement agreement
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`(Ex. 2001) as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is GRANTED; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding is
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`GRANTED, and this proceeding is hereby terminated.
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`3
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`

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`4
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`IPR2015-01391
`Patent 5,825,898
`
`
`For PETITIONER:
`
`John M. Caracappa
`Tremayne M. Norris
`Stanley C.T. Kuo
`Trevor C. Hill
`David L. Hecht
`Steptoe & Johnson LLP
`jcaracap@steptoe.com
`tnorris@steptoe.com
`skuo@steptoe.com
`thill@steptoe.com
`dhecht@steptoe.com
`
`
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Andy H. Chan
`George S. Haight
`Yue (Lily) Li
`Griffin Mesmer
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`chana@pepperlaw.com
`haightg@pepperlaw.com
`lil@pepperlaw.com
`mesmerg@pepperlaw.com

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