JOINT REQUEST THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BE TREATED AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND KEPT SEPARATE UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. 42.74 INTRODUCTIONSettlement Agreement • December 5th, 2024
Contract Type FiledDecember 5th, 2024In an email dated October 29, 2015, the Board authorized the parties to file a joint motion to terminate this proceeding and further authorized the parties to file a joint request that the settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information. If requested, the rules permit the parties to have any filed settlement agreement treated as business confidential information, and kept separate from the files of the involved patent. 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Indeed, the statute requires it: