`571-272-7822
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` Paper 11
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`Entered: October 6, 2014
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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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`TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
`and TSMC NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
`v.
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`ZOND, LLC,
`Patent Owner
`____________
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`Cases IPR2014-00800,
`IPR2014-00802, IPR2014-00805
`Patent 7,811,421 B21
`____________
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`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, DEBRA K. STEPHENS, JONI Y. CHANG,
`SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, and JENNIFER M. MEYER,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`STEPHENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Joinder
`37 C.F.R. § 42.122
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`1 This Decision addresses similar issues in the above-identified cases. For
`efficiency, we issue one Decision to be entered in all three cases. The
`parties may not use this style of filing in subsequent papers, without prior
`authorization.
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`IPR2014-00800
`Patent 7,811,421 B2
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`Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, LTD. and TSMC
`North America Corporation (collectively, “TSMC”) filed a Petition in each
`of the above-identified inter partes reviews challenging U.S. Patent No.
`7,811,421 B2 (Ex. 1001,2 “the ’421 patent”) owned by Zond, LLC (“Zond”).
`Paper 1. Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b), TSMC also filed Motions for
`Joinder, seeking to join its proceedings with proceedings filed by Intel
`Corporation (“Intel”)—specifically, joining IPR2014-00800 with IPR2014-
`00468, IPR2014-00802 with IPR2014-00470, and IPR2014-00805 with
`IPR2014-00473. IPR2014-00800, Paper 6; IPR2014-00802, Paper 6;
`IPR2014-00805, Paper 6.
`On September 12, 2014, however, Intel and Zond filed a Joint Motion
`to Terminate and a true copy of their Written Settlement Agreement, made
`in connection with the termination, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
`and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b), in each of Intel’s Proceedings that involved the
`’421 patent. See IPR2014-00468, Paper 14, Ex. 1023; IPR2014-00470,
`Paper 13; IPR2014-00473, Paper 13. Upon consideration, we terminated
`those Intel Proceedings and entered Judgment in each Intel Proceeding. See
`IPR2014-00468, Paper 15; IPR2014-00470, Paper 14; IPR2014-00473,
`Paper 14.
`The termination of Intel’s Proceedings renders TSMC’s Motions for
`Joinder moot. Although we authorized, in our previous Order, TSMC to file
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`2 All citations are to IPR2014-00800 unless otherwise noted.
`2
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`IPR2014-00800
`Patent 7,811,421 B2
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`a revised Motion for Joinder, TSMC did not file such a Motion within the
`time period set forth in the Order.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby
`ORDERED that the Motions for Joinder filed in the above-identified
`TSMC Proceedings are dismissed as moot.
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`For PETITIONER:
`David L. McCombs
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`David M. O’Dell
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Richard C. Kim
`rckim@duanemorris.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Bruce J. Barker
`bbarker@chsblaw.com
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`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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