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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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`WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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`Petitioner,
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`BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS, LLC
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00768
`Patent RE46,137
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`JOINT REQUEST TO FILE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS
`BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(a)
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`Weatherford International v. Baker Hughes
`Patent No. RE46,137 - IPR2019-00768
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), and the Board’s
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`authorization on August 25, 2020, Petitioner Weatherford International, LLC
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`(“Weatherford”) and Patent Owner Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, LLC (“Baker
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`Hughes”) jointly request that the confidential Settlement Agreement (Ex. 1050),
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`filed concurrently herewith along with the Joint Motion to Terminate this
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`proceeding, be filed as business confidential information. The parties further jointly
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`request that the confidential Settlement Agreement be kept separate from the file of
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`this proceeding and the involved patent, and be made available only to Federal
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`Government agencies on written request, and only to persons showing good cause
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`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). In view of the above, the
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`Settlement Agreement has been filed for access by the “Parties and Board Only.”
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`Dated: August 25, 2020
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`Dated: August 25, 2020
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`ARMOND WILSON LLP
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`By: /Douglas R. Wilson/
`Douglas R. Wilson (Reg. No. 54,542)
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Weatherford International, LLC
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`NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP
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`By: /Mark T. Garrett/
`Mark T. Garrett (Reg. No. 44,699)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, LLC
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`Weatherford International v. Baker Hughes
`Patent No. RE46,137 - IPR2019-00768
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), a true copy of
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`the foregoing JOINT REQUEST TO FILE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS
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`BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(a) is
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`being served electronically on August 25, 2020 to the following lead and back-up
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`counsel for Patent Owner at the following email addresses:
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`Mark T. Garrett
`Mark.garrett@nortonrosefulbright.com
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`Eagle H. Robinson
`Eagle.robinson@nortonrosefulbright.com
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`Jeremy Albright
`Jeremy.albright@nortonrosefulbright.com
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`Michael Pohl
`Michael.pohl@nortonrosefulbright.com
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`By: /Douglas R. Wilson/
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` Douglas R. Wilson (Reg. No. 54,542)
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Weatherford International, LLC
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