`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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` Entered: November 17, 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.
`____________
`
`Cases IPR2014-00828
`IPR2014-00829
`IPR2014-00917
`Patent 6,805,779 B21
`____________
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`
`
`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, JONI Y. CHANG,
`SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, and JENNIFER M. MEYER,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
`
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`CHANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
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`DECISION
`Dismissing Motion for Joinder
`37 C.F.R. § 42.122
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`1 This Decision addresses similar issues in the above-identified proceedings.
`For efficiency, we issue one Decision to be entered in all of the cases. The
`parties may not use this style of filing in subsequent papers, without prior
`authorization.
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`
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`Cases IPR2014-00828, IPR2014-00829, and IPR2014-00917
`Patent 6,805,779 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
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`6,805,779 B2 (Ex. 1201, “the ’779 patent”) owned by Zond, LLC (“Zond”).
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`Paper 2.2 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 IPR2014-00828 with
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`IPR2014-00765, IPR2014-00829 with IPR2014-00820, and IPR2014-00917
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`with IPR2014-00913. 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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`’779 patent. See, e.g., IPR2014-00765, Paper 9; IPR2014-00598, Ex. 1013.
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`Upon consideration, we terminated those Intel Proceedings and entered
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`Judgment in each of the Intel Proceedings. See, e.g., IPR2014-00765,
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`Paper 10.
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`The termination of the Intel 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 IPR2014-00828 unless otherwise noted.
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`Cases IPR2014-00828, IPR2014-00829, and IPR2014-00917
`Patent 6,805,779 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`David M. O’Dell
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
`
`David McCombs
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`
`Richard C. Kim
`rckim@duanemorris.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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`Bruce J. Barker
`bbarker@chsblaw.com