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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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`CLEARFIELD, INC.
`Petitioner
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`COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2017-02122
`Patent No. 8,705,929
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS
`CONFIDENTIAL UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`IPR2017-02122
`U.S. Patent 8,705,929
`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b), 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), and the Board’s e-mail
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`authorization of February 21, 2018, Petitioner (Clearfield, Inc.) and Patent Owner
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`(CommScope Technologies LLC) (collectively, “the Parties”) hereby jointly
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`request that a true copy of the agreement to dismiss the pending litigation and to
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`withdraw this above-listed proceeding filed herewith as Exhibit 1015 be treated as
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`business confidential information and be kept separate from the file of IPR2017-
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`02122 involving U.S. Patent 8,705,929. Exhibit 1015 is being submitted in the
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`E2E system as “Parties and Board Only.” As the Parties consider the agreement to
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`be business confidential information that would substantially harm their business
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`interests if publicly disclosed, the Parties jointly request that this agreement shall
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`only be available pursuant to the conditions of 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)(1)-(2).
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Dated:
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` March 7, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Dated:
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` March 7, 2018
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`By: /William D. Belanger/
`William D. Belanger, Reg. No. 40,509
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`By: /Philip P. Caspers/ (with permission)
`Philip P. Caspers, Reg. No. 33,227
`Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh, Lindquist
`& Schuman, P.A.
`225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Telephone: (612) 436-9600
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`IPR2017-02122
`U.S. Patent 8,705,929
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` hereby certify that on March 7, 2018, a true and accurate copy of this paper,
`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL UNDER 35
`U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, was served on the following counsel for
`Patent Owner via email:
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`Dated:
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`Philip P. Caspers (pcaspers@carlsoncaspers.com)
`Matthew J. Goggin (mgoggin@carlsoncaspers.com)
`Timothy A. Lindquist (tlindquist@carlsoncaspers.com)
`Samuel A. Hamer (shamer@carlsoncaspers.com)
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`By: /William D. Belanger/
`William D. Belanger, Reg. No. 40,509
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`belangerw@pepperlaw.com
`Counsel for Petitioner
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