`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
`
` Entered: October 20, 2014
`
`
`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 IPR2014-00818
`IPR2014-00819
`IPR2014-00821
`IPR2014-00827
`Patent 6,853,142 B21
`____________
`
`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, DEBRA K. STEPHENS, JONI Y. CHANG,
`SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, and JENNIFER M. MEYER,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`TURNER, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`DECISION
`Dismissing Motions 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 each of the cases. The
`parties may not use this style of filing in subsequent papers, without prior
`authorization.
`
`
`
`Cases IPR2014-00818, IPR2014-00819, IPR2014-00821, IPR2014-00827
`Patent 6,853,142 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 6,853,142 B2
`(Ex. 1001, “the ’142 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 IPR2014-00818 with IPR2014-00494;
`IPR2014-00819 with IPR2014-00496; IPR2014-00821 with
`IPR2014-00495; and IPR2014-00827 with IPR2014-00497. 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
`’142 Patent. See, e.g., IPR2014-00494, Paper 7; Ex. 1023. Upon
`consideration, we terminated the Intel proceedings and entered Judgment in
`each of the Intel proceedings. See, e.g., IPR2014-00494, 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 TSMC in a prior Order 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 IPR2014-00818 unless otherwise noted.
`
`
`
`Cases IPR2014-00818, IPR2014-00819, IPR2014-00821, IPR2014-00827
`Patent 6,853,142 B2
`
`PETITIONER:
`David M. O’Dell
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
`
`David L. McCombs
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`
`Richard C. Kim
`rckim@duanemorris.com
`
`PATENT OWNER:
`Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
`Bruce Barker
`bbarker@chsblaw.com
`
`
`
`
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