Synkloud Technologies, Inc.

Patent Trials and Appeals Board

Dec 3, 2021

IPR2020-01270 (P.T.A.B. Dec. 3, 2021)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 25
571-272-7822 Entered: December 3, 2021

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

HP INC.,1
Petitioner,

v.

SYNKLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
Patent Owner.

IPR2020-01269 (Patent 9,219,780 B2)
IPR2020-01270 (Patent 9,219,780 B2)2

Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and
KRISTI L. R. SAWERT, Administrative Patent Judges.

SAWERT, Administrative Patent Judge.

TERMINATION
Due to Settlement After Institution of Trial
35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. § 42.74

1 Microsoft Corporation was terminated from the proceeding.
IPR2020-01269, Paper 22; IPR2020-01270, Paper 21.
2 We exercise our discretion to issue one combined Decision to be
filed in each case. For convenience, and unless otherwise indicated, we cite
to papers and exhibits filed in IPR2020-01269.
IPR2020-01269 (Patent 9,219,780 B2)
IPR2020-01270 (Patent 9,219,780 B2)

2
In an e-mail dated November 17, 2021, we authorized HP Inc.
(“Petitioner”) and Synkloud Technologies, LLC (“Patent Owner”) to file a
motion to terminate the instant proceedings. On November 22, 2021, and
pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, Petitioner and Patent
Owner filed a joint motion to terminate these proceedings and a joint request
to have their settlement agreement (Exhibit 2043) treated as confidential
business information under 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74.
Papers 23, 24. In the joint motion, the parties represent that the settlement
agreement is with “regard to the patent[] at issue in these proceedings” and
is a true and correct copy. Paper 23, 2–3.3
At this juncture of the proceedings, the Board has not entered a final
decision. Based on the facts presented in these cases, we determine that it is
appropriate to terminate these proceedings.
Accordingly, it is:
ORDERED that the joint request that the settlement agreement
(Exhibit 2043) be treated as business confidential information to be kept
separate from the patent files is granted;
FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate these
proceedings is granted; and
FURTHER ORDERED that these proceedings are terminated.

3 The pages of the motion are not numbered. We refer to the numbers
of the pages beginning with the title page as number 1.
IPR2020-01269 (Patent 9,219,780 B2)
IPR2020-01270 (Patent 9,219,780 B2)

3
For PETITIONER:
Joseph Micallef
Scott Border
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
jmicallef@sidley.com
sborder@sidley.com

For PATENT OWNER:
Gregory Gonsalves
Yeasun Yoon
CAPITOL IP LAW GROUP, PLLC
gonsalves@capitoliplaw.com
yoon@capitoliplaw.com