Patent No. 6,806,652
`IPR2014-00861
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`__________________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`__________________
`
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED,
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC.,
`THE GILLETTE COMPANY, RENESAS ELECTRONICS
`CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC.,
`GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG,
`GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG,
`TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC.,
`TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA
`INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., and
`TOSHIBA CORPORATION,
`
`Petitioners
`
`v.
`
`ZOND, LLC
`Patent Owner
`__________________
`
`Case No. IPR2014-008611
`Patent 6,806,652 B2
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`
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PURSUANT TO
`35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`
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`1 Cases IPR2014-00864, IPR2014-01003, and IPR2014-01066 have been joined
`with the instant proceeding.
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`IPR2014-00861
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`__________________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`__________________
`
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED,
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC.,
`THE GILLETTE COMPANY, RENESAS ELECTRONICS
`CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC.,
`GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG,
`GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG,
`TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC.,
`TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA
`INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., and
`TOSHIBA CORPORATION,
`
`Petitioners
`
`v.
`
`ZOND, LLC
`Patent Owner
`__________________
`
`Case No. IPR2014-008611
`Patent 6,806,652 B2
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`
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PURSUANT TO
`35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`
`
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`
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`1 Cases IPR2014-00864, IPR2014-01003, and IPR2014-01066 have been joined
`with the instant proceeding.
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`
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`
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.72, and the Patent Trial and
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`Patent No. 6,806,652
`IPR2014-00861
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`Appeal Board’s (“Board’s”) authorization of December 29, 2015, Patent Owner
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`ZOND, LLC (“Patent Owner”) and Petitioners FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR
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`LIMITED and FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC. (jointly,
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`“Fujitsu” or “Petitioner”) (collectively with Patent Owner, “the Parties”) have filed
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`stipulations of dismissal without prejudice in their related district court litigation
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`pursuant to a settlement between Patent Owner and Fujitsu’s supplier and jointly
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`request termination of Inter Partes Review No. IPR2014-00864, regarding U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,806,652, as to Petitioners FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
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`and FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC., only. Because at least one
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`petitioner remains, the grant of this motion will not result in the termination of this
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`inter partes review.
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`I.
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`PROCEEDING
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`The following inter partes review proceeding (“IPR”) is currently before
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`the Board:
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`U.S. Patent Number
`6,806,652
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`The Parties jointly request termination of this proceeding as to Fujitsu. The
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`IPR Case Number
`IPR2014-00864 / IPR2014-00861
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`Parties have filed stipulations of dismissal in their related district court actions
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`between Patent Owner and Fujitsu (identified below) concerning the asserted Zond
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`patents in the chart below. The stipulations of dismissal are attached as Exhibit
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`2006.
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`
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`The various patents that are involved in litigation are as follows:
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`Caption
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`Case No. Patents
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`Defendants
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`Status
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`Fujitsu
`Semiconductor
`Limited; Fujitsu
`Semiconductor
`America, Inc.;
`Taiwan
`Semiconductor
`Manufacturing
`Company Limited
`(“TSMC”); TSMC
`North America Corp.
`(”TSMCNA”)
`
`Admin.
`closed;
`terminated
`as to
`TSMC and
`TSMCNA;
`stipulation
`of
`dismissal
`filed as to
`Fujitsu
`
`Renesas Electronics
`America, Inc.;
`Renesas Electronics
`Corporation
`
`Pending;
`stayed
`
`Zond, LLC v.
`Fujitsu
`Semiconductor
`Limited et al.
`
`1:13-cv-
`11634
`(MAD)
`
`Zond, LLC v.
`Renesas
`Electronics
`Corporation
`et al.
`
`1:13-cv-
`11625
`(MAD)
`
`6,805,779
`6,806,652
`6,853,142
`7,147,759
`7,604,716
`7,808,184
`7,811,421
`
`6,805,779
`6,806,652
`6,853,142
`7,147,759
`7,604,716
`7,808,184
`7,811,421
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`3
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`
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`Caption
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`Case No. Patents
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`Defendants
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`Patent No. 6,806,652
`IPR2014-00861
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`Status
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`Zond, LLC v.
`SK Hynix Inc.
`et al.
`
`1:13-cv-
`11591
`(MAD)
`
`Zond, LLC v.
`Toshiba
`America
`Electronic
`Components,
`Inc. et al.
`
`1:13-cv-
`11581
`(MAD)
`
`Zond, LLC v.
`Advanced
`Micro Devices,
`Inc., et al.
`
`1:13-cv-
`11577
`(MAD)
`
`Zond, Inc. v.
`The Gillette
`Company, et al.
`
`1:13-cv-
`11567
`(MAD)
`
`Hynix Semiconductor
`America, Inc.; SK
`Hynix America Inc.;
`SK Hynix Inc.; SK
`Hynix Memory
`Solutions Inc.
`
`Toshiba America
`Electronic
`Components, Inc.;
`Toshiba America
`Information Systems,
`Inc.; Toshiba
`Corporation
`Advanced Micro
`Devices, Inc.;
`GlobalFoundries
`Dresden Module One
`LLC & Co. KG;
`GlobalFoundries
`Dresden Module Two
`LLC & Co. KG;
`Global Foundries US,
`Inc.
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`Terminated
`
`Pending;
`stayed
`
`Pending;
`stayed
`
`The Gillette
`Company; The
`Proctor & Gamble
`Company
`
`Pending;
`stayed
`
`6,805,779
`6,806,652
`6,853,142
`7,147,759
`7,604,716
`7,808,184
`7,811,421
`
`6,805,779
`6,806,652
`6,853,142
`7,147,759
`7,604,716
`7,808,184
`7,811,421
`
`6,805,779
`6,806,652
`6,853,142
`7,147,759
`7,604,716
`7,808,184
`7,811,421
`
`6,805,779
`6,806,652
`6,853,142
`6,896,773
`6,896,775
`7,147,759
`7,604,716
`7,808,184
`7,811,421
`8,125,155
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`Defendants
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`Status
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`Intel Corporation
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`Terminated
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`Fujitsu Semiconductor
`Limited; Fujitsu
`Semiconductor
`America, Inc.; Taiwan
`Semiconductor
`Manufacturing
`Company Limited;
`TSMC North America
`Corp.
`
`Admin.
`closed;
`terminated
`as to TSMC
`and
`TSMCNA;
`stipulation
`of dismissal
`filed as to
`Fujitsu
`
`Zond, Inc.
`
`Terminated
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`Caption
`
`Case No. Patents
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`Zond, LLC v.
`Intel
`Corporation
`
`1:13-cv-
`11570
`(MAD)
`
`Zond, LLC v.
`Fujitsu
`Semiconductor
`Limited et al.
`
`1:14-cv-
`12438
`(MAD)
`
`TSMC
`Technology,
`Inc., et al. v.
`Zond, Inc.
`
`1:14-cv-
`00721
`(DED)
`
`6,805,779
`6,806,652
`6,853,142
`7,147,759
`7,604,716
`7,808,184
`7,811,421
`
`6,806,651
`6,896,773
`6,896,775
`6,903,511
`7,095,179
`7,446,479
`
`6,806,651
`6,896,773
`6,896,775
`6,903,511
`7,095,179
`7,446,479
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`II. BRIEF EXPLANATION AS TO WHY TERMINATION IS
`APPROPRIATE
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`Inasmuch as no final written decision has yet been entered, and because
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`Patent Owner and Fujitsu are jointly making this motion, termination of this IPR as
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`to Fujitsu is appropriate, as the Board has not yet “decided the merits of the
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`proceeding.” 35 U.S.C. § 317(a). Further, because Patent Owner and Fujitsu
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`jointly request this termination as to Fujitsu’s involvement in this Inter Partes
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`Patent No. 6,806,652
`IPR2014-00861
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`Review, no estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e) shall attach to Fujitsu.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b), the Parties’ Dismissal Agreement made in
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`contemplation of termination of the proceeding is in writing, and a true and correct
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`copy of such document is being filed herewith as Exhibit 2007 (the “Dismissal
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`Agreement”). The Parties desire that the Dismissal Agreement be maintained as
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`business confidential information and be kept separate from the files of the above
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`captioned IPR under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) and a separate joint request to that effect
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`is being filed on even date herewith.
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`Because the merits of the IPR have not been determined, concluding the IPR
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`proceeding as to Fujitsu promotes the Congressional goal to establish a more
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`efficient and streamlined patent system that, inter alia, limits unnecessary and
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`counterproductive litigation costs. See “Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review
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`Proceedings, Post-Grant Review Proceedings, and Transitional Program for
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`Covered Business Method Patents,” Final Rule, 77 Fed. Reg., no. 157, p. 48680
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`(Tuesday, August 14, 2012).
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`III. STATUS OF RELATED LITIGATION
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`As noted above, stipulations of dismissal without prejudice have been filed
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`in the related litigation between the Parties. Ex. 2006.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
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`Patent No. 6,806,652
`IPR2014-00861
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`For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owner and Fujitsu jointly request that the
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`Board terminate this Inter Partes Review proceeding as to FUJITSU
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`SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED and FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA,
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`INC.
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`For Petitioner:
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR
`LIMITED and FUJITSU
`SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC.
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`
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`__/David L. McCombs/________
`David L. McCombs, Reg. No. 32,271
`David M. O’Dell, Reg. No. 42,044
`Haynes and Boone, LLP
`2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com;
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`For Patent Owner:
`ZOND, LLC
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`
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`_/Tarek N. Fahmi/______________
`Tarek N. Fahmi, Reg. No. 41,402
`Ascenda Law Group, PC
`333 W. San Carlos St., Suite 200
`San Jose, CA 95110
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
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`Dated: December 29, 2015
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Exhibit
`No.
`Ex. 2001 Affidavit of Maria Granovsky in Support of Patent Owner’s Motion
`for Pro Hac Vice Admission
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`Description
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`Ex. 2002 Declaration of Larry D. Hartsough, Ph.D.
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`Ex. 2003 Deposition of Uwe Kortshagen, Ph.D.
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`Ex. 2004 Reserved
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`Ex. 2005 Patent Owner’s Demonstrative Exhibits
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`Ex. 2006 Stipulations of Dismissal
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`Ex. 2007 Dismissal Agreement (Parties and Board Only)
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Patent No. 6,806,652
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing:
`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PURSUANT TO
`35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
`and its accompanying exhibits were served on December 29, 2015, by filing this
`document though the Patent Review Processing System as well as delivering a
`copy via EMAIL directed to the attorneys of record for the Petitioner at the
`following address:
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`For Petitioner:
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR
`LIMITED AND FUJITSU
`SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC.
`David L. McCombs, Reg. No. 32,271
`David M. O’Dell, Reg. No. 42,044
`Haynes and Boone, LLP
`2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
`Tel: (214) 651-5533
`Email:
`David.McCombs@haynesboone.com;
`david.odell@haynesboone.com
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`For Petitioner:
`THE GILETTE COMPANY
`David L. Cavanaugh, Reg. No. 36,476
`Larissa Park, Reg. No. 59,051
`Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
`LLP
`60 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`Tel: (617) 526-5000
`Email:
`david.cavanaugh@wilmerhale.com;
`larissa.park@wilmerhale.com
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`For Petitioner:
`ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS
`CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN
`MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE
`TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS,
`INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION
`SYSTEMS, INC., AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
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`Robinson Vu
`BAKER BOTTS LLP
`ONE SHELL PLAZA
`910 LOUISIANA STREET
`HOUSTON, TX 77002
`Robinson.vu@bakerbotts.com
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`Brian M. Berliner
`Ryan K. Yagura
`Xin-Yi Zhou
`O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`400 S. HOPE STREET
`LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
`bberliner@omm.com;
`ryagura@omm.com;
`vzhou@omm.com
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`John Feldhaus
`Pavan Agarwal
`Mike Houston
`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
`3000 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 600
`WASHINGTON, DC 20007
`jfeldhaus@foley.com;
`pagarwal@foley.com;
`mhouston@foley.com
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`David M. Tennant
`WHITE & CASE LLP
`701 THIRTEENTH STREET, NW
`WASHINGTON, DC 20005
`dtennant@whitecase.com
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`The parties have agreed to electronic service in this matter.
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`Respectfully submitted,
` /Tarek N. Fahmi/
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`Date: December 29, 2015
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`by:
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`Tarek N. Fahmi, Reg. No. 41,402
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`Ascenda Law Group, PC
`333 W. San Carlos St., Suite 200
`San Jose, CA 95110
`1 866 877 4883
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