`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
`
` Entered: October 14, 2014
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`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
`and TSMC NORTH AMERICA CORP.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`
`ZOND, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Cases IPR2014-00807
`IPR2014-00808
`Patent 7,604,716 B21
`____________
`
`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, DEBRA K. STEPHENS, JONI Y. CHANG,
`SUSAN L.C. MITCHELL, and JENNIFER M. MEYER,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`MEYER, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`DECISION
`Dismissing Motion for Joinder
`37 C.F.R. § 42.122
`
`
`
`
`
`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.
`
`
`
`Cases IPR2014-00807, IPR2014-00808
`Patent 7,604,716 B2
`
`Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. and TSMC
`North America Corp. (collectively, “TSMC”) filed a Petition in each of the
`above-identified inter partes reviews, challenging U.S. Patent 7,604,716 B2
`(Ex. 1001, “the ’716 patent”) owned by Zond, LLC (“Zond”). Paper 1.2
`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 IPR2014-00807 with IPR2014-00522; and
`IPR2014-00808 with IPR2014-00523. 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
`’716 patent. See, e.g., IPR2014-00522, Paper 7; IPR2014-00520, Ex. 1023.
`Upon consideration, we terminated the Intel proceedings and entered
`Judgment in each of the Intel proceedings. See, e.g., IPR2014-00522,
`Paper 8.
`The termination of the Intel proceedings renders the Motions for
`Joinder filed by TSMC in the above-identified proceedings moot. Although
`we authorized, in a prior Order, TSMC to file 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.
`
`
`2 All citations are to IPR2014-00807 unless otherwise noted.
`
`
`
`Cases IPR2014-00807, IPR2014-00808
`Patent 7,604,716 B2
`
`PETITIONER:
`
`David M. O’Dell
`David L. McCombs
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`
`Richard C. Kim
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`rckim@duanemorris.com
`
`PATENT OWNER:
`
`Bruce Barker
`CHAO HADIDI STARK & BARKER LLP
`bbarker@chsblaw.com
`
`Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com