`571-272-7822
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`Paper 11
`Entered: October 1, 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,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ZOND, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2014-00799
`IPR2014-00803
`Patent 7,808,184 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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`MITCHELL, 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 both cases. The parties
`may not use this style of filing in subsequent papers, without prior
`authorization.
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`IPR2014-00799 and IPR2014-00803
`Patent 7,808,184 B2
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`Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. and TSMC
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`North America Corporation (collectively, “TSMC”) filed a Petition in each
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`of the above-identified inter partes reviews challenging U.S. Patent No.
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`7,808,184 B2 (Ex. 1001,2 “the ’184 patent”) owned by Zond, LLC (“Zond”).
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`Paper 1. Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b), TSMC also filed Motions for
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`Joinder, seeking to join its proceedings with proceedings filed by Intel
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`Corporation (“Intel”)—specifically, joining IPR2014-00799 with IPR2014-
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`00455, and IPR2014-00803 with IPR2014-00456. Paper 6.
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`On September 12, 2014, however, Intel and Zond filed a Joint Motion
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`to Terminate and a true copy of their Written Settlement Agreement, made
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`in connection with the termination, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
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`and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b), in each of Intel’s Proceedings that involved the
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`’184 patent. See IPR2014-00455, Paper 14, Ex. 1025; IPR2014-00456,
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`Paper 14. Upon consideration, we terminated those Intel Proceedings and
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`entered Judgment in each Intel Proceeding. See IPR2014-00455, Paper 15;
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`IPR2014-00456, Paper 15.
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`The termination of Intel’s Proceedings renders TSMC’s Motions for
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`Joinder moot. Although we authorized, in our previous Order, TSMC to file
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`a revised Motion for Joinder, TSMC did not file such a Motion within the
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`time period set forth in the Order.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby
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`ORDERED that the Motions for Joinder filed in the above-identified
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`TSMC Proceedings are dismissed as moot.
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`2 All citations are to IPR2014-00799 unless otherwise noted.
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`IPR2014-00799 and IPR2014-00803
`Patent 7,808,184 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`David M. O’Dell
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`David L. McCombs
`david.mccombs@haynesboone.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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