`571-272-7822
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` Paper 13
` Entered: December 11, 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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`Case IPR2014-00861
`Patent 6,806,652 B1
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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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`MITCHELL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Joinder
`37 C.F.R. § 42.122
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`IPR2014-00861
`Patent 6,806,652 B1
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`Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. and TSMC
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`North America Corporation (collectively, “TSMC”) filed a Petition in the
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`above-identified inter partes review challenging U.S. Patent No.
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`6,806,652 B1 (Ex. 1101, “the ’652 patent”) owned by Zond, LLC (“Zond”).
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`Paper 2. Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b), TSMC also filed a Motion for
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`Joinder, seeking to join its proceeding with a proceeding filed by Intel
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`Corporation (“Intel”)—specifically, joining IPR2014-00861 with IPR2014-
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`00843. 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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`’652 patent. See, e.g., IPR2014-00843, Paper 7, Ex. 1115; IPR2014-00923,
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`Paper 7; IPR2014-00945, Paper 7. Upon consideration, we terminated those
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`Intel Proceedings and entered Judgment in each Intel Proceedings. See
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`IPR2014-00843, Paper 8; IPR2014-00923, Paper 8; IPR2014-00945,
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`Paper 8.
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`The termination of Intel’s Proceedings renders TSMC’s Motion for
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`Joinder moot. Although in our previous Order, we authorized 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 Motion for Joinder filed in the above-identified
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`TSMC Proceeding is dismissed as moot.
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`IPR2014-00861
`Patent 6,806,652 B1
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`PETITIONER:
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`David L. McCombs
`david.mccombs@haynesboone.com
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`David M. O’Dell
`David.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Tarek Fahmi
`Tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
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`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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