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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD,
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`Petitioners,
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`SMARTFLASH LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2014-00199
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`Patent 8,118,221 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO TERMINATE
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF PRECISE RELIEF
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`INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF PRECISE RELIEF
`REQUESTED ................................................................................................. 1
`REQUESTED ............................................................................................... ..1
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`II.
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` STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR THE RELIEF REQUESTED ......... 2
`STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR THE RELIEF REQUESTED ....... ..2
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`III. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 3
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`CONCLUSION ............................................................................................ ..3
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`III.
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`PATENT OWNER’S LIST OF EXHIBITS
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`Exhibit Number
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`Exhibit Description
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`2001
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`2002
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`Congressional Record - House, June 23, 2011, H4480-4505
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`Congressional Record - Senate, Sep. 8, 2011, S5402-5443
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`2003-2023
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`Reserved
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`2024
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`Samsung’s Motion To Stay Litigation Pending CBM Review
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`2025-2054
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`Reserved
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`2055
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`2056
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`2057
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`2057
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`Deposition Transcript of Jeffrey A. Bloom dated May 19,
`2015
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`Non-Confidential Portion of Deposition Transcript of Jeffrey
`A. Bloom dated May 20, 2015
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`Confidential Portion of Deposition Transcript of Jeffrey A.
`Bloom dated May 20, 2015
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`Redacted Public Version of the Deposition Transcript of
`Jeffrey A. Bloom dated May 20, 2015 Pursuant to Order,
`Paper 25.
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`2058-2097
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`Reserved
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`2098
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`Patent Owner’s Objections to Admissibility of Evidence
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`2099-2116
`2117
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`Reserved
`Smartflash LLC v. Apple Inc., Order, Cases 16-1435, -1445,
`1446, 1447 (Fed. Cir. March 4, 2016)
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF PRECISE RELIEF
`REQUESTED
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`Patent Owner Smartflash LLC hereby moves to terminate this Covered
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`Business Method Review (“CBM Review”) of U.S. Patent 8,118,221 (“the ’221
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`Patent”) as moot. Smartflash was authorized to file this motion during a March 17,
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`2016 conference call with the Board. Paper 44 at 3.
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`By Final Written Decision in CBM2014-00102 dated September 25, 2015
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`the Board determined claims 2 and 11 of the ‘221 Patent to be unpatentable under
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`35 U.S.C. § 103. Apple Inc. v. Smartflash LLC, CBM2014-00102, Final Written
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`Decision, Paper 52 at 43 (PTAB September 25, 2015). In this CBM Review of the
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`‘221 Patent, the Board instituted review of claims 2 and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 102
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`as anticipated by Ginter. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al., v. Smartflash
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`LLC, CBM2014-00199, Decision - Institution of Covered Business Method Patent
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`Review 37 C.F.R. § 42.208, Paper 9 at 13 (PTAB March 30, 2015).
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`On March 4, 2016, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 42 (b), the United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed Smartflash LLC’s appeal of the
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`Board’s decision in CBM2014-00102 that claims 2 and 11 of the ‘221 Patent were
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`unpatentable. Thus, claims 2 and 11 of the ‘221 Patent have been finally
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`adjudicated to be unpatentable. The only issue here in CBM2014-00199 is the
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`patentability of claims 2 and 11 of the ‘221 Patent, which is now moot. The Board
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`should therefore terminate trial on claims 2 and 11 of the ‘221 Patent without
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`rendering a Final Written Decision pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR THE RELIEF REQUESTED
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`On a petition filed by Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Samsung
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`Electronics Co., Ltd., the Board instituted Covered Business Method review of
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`claims 2 and 11 of the ‘221 Patent on 35 U.S.C. § 102 grounds as anticipated by
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`Ginter. CBM2014-00199, Paper 9 at 13.
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`On a petition filed by Apple Inc., on September 25, 2015 the Board issued a
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`Final Written Decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 328(a) finding claims 1, 2, and 11-
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`14 of the ‘221 Patent invalid on 35 U.S.C. § 103 grounds in CBM2014-00102.
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`CBM2014-00102, Paper 52 at 43.
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`On March 4, 2016, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 42 (b), the United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed Smartflash LLC’s appeal of the
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`Board’s decisions in CBM2014-00102 that claims 2 and 11 of the ‘221 Patent are
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`unpatentable. Exhibit 2117, Smartflash LLC v. Apple Inc., Order, Cases 16-1435, -
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`1445, 1446, 1447 (Fed. Cir. March 4, 2016).
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`Thus, claims 2 and 11 of the ‘221 Patent have been finally adjudicated to be
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`unpatentable. The issue of the patentability of claims 2 and 11 here is moot. The
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`Board has authority under 37 C.F.R. § 42.72 to terminate this trial without
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`rendering a Final Written Decision. Termination in this circumstance is consistent
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`with 37 C.F.R. § 42.1(b)’s requirement that “[t]his part shall be construed to secure
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`the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of every proceeding.”
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`III. CONCLUSION
`For the forgoing reasons, Patent Owner Smartflash LLC respectfully
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`requests that the Board terminate this trial as to the patentability of claims 2 and 11
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`of the ‘221 Patent without rendering a Final Written Decision pursuant to
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive
`Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7705
`Fax: (571) 765-7200
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`Dated: March 18, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that this PATENT OWNER’S MOTION
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`TO TERMINATE (including Patent Owner’s List of Exhibits) and Exhibit 2117 in
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`CBM2014-00199 were served, by agreement of the parties, March 18, 2016 by
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`emailing copies to counsel for the Petitioners as follows:
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`W. Karl Renner (renner@fr.com)
`Thomas Rozylowicz (rozylowicz@fr.com)
`CBM39843-0007CP2@fr.com
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive
`Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7705
`Fax: (571) 765-7200
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Dated: March 18, 2016
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