`571-272-7822 Entered: September 26, 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.,
`TSMC NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION,
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED, and
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ZOND, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2014-01479 and IPR2014-01481 (Patent 6,896,773 B2)
`Cases IPR2014-01482 and IPR2014-01494 (Patent 6,896,775 B2)1
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`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, DEBRA K. STEPHENS, 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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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Order addresses similar issues in the above-identified cases. For
`efficiency, we issue one Order to be entered in all cases. The parties may
`not use this style of filing in subsequent papers, without prior authorization.
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`Cases IPR2014-01479 and IPR2014-01481 (Patent 6,896,773 B2)
`Cases IPR2014-01482 and IPR2014-01494 (Patent 6,896,775 B2)
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`Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., TSMC North
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`America Corporation, Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, and Fujitsu
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`Semiconductor America, Inc. (collectively, “TSMC”) filed Petitions in the
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`above-identified proceedings (“TSMC Proceedings”) to institute an inter
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`partes review, challenging U.S. Patent Nos. 6,896,773 B2 and 6,896,775 B2,
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`owned by Zond, LLC (“Zond”).
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`TSMC’s Petitions indicate that TSMC is seeking joinder with the
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`following proceedings filed by The Gillette Company (“Gillette”):
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`IPR2014-00580, IPR2014-00726, IPR2014-00604, and IPR2014-00578
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`(“Gillette Proceedings”). A list of inter partes reviews involving the
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`aforementioned patents is provided in the Appendix of this Order.
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`On September 24, 2014, TSMC filed a Motion for Joinder in each of
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`the TSMC Proceedings, except in IPR2014-01494. Paper 5.2 As we
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`articulated previously in other related cases, having all of the Motions for
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`Joinder at the time we decide the Petitions would help streamline the
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`proceedings, in that we could decide the Motions for Joinder near the same
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`timeframe. TSMC submits that each TSMC Petition is substantially
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`identical to the corresponding Gillette Petition. Paper 3, 1. Zond has filed a
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`Preliminary Response in each Gillette Proceeding, but not in the TSMC
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`Proceedings.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that the due date for filing a Preliminary Response in each
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`of the above-identified TSMC Proceedings is October 10, 2014;
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`2 For the purpose of clarity and expediency, we treat IPR2014-001479 as
`representative, and all citations are to IPR2014-01479 unless otherwise
`noted.
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`Cases IPR2014-01479 and IPR2014-01481 (Patent 6,896,773 B2)
`Cases IPR2014-01482 and IPR2014-01494 (Patent 6,896,775 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that TSMC should file a Motion for Joinder,
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`within five business days from this Order, in IPR2014-01494;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Zond is authorized to file an Opposition
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`to each Motion for Joinder filed in the TSMC Proceedings, within five
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`business days from the filing of the Motion for Joinder, limited to ten pages;
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`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that no reply is authorized.
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`Cases IPR2014-01479 and IPR2014-01481 (Patent 6,896,773 B2)
`Cases IPR2014-01482 and IPR2014-01494 (Patent 6,896,775 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`David McCombs
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`David M. O’Dell
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Richard C. Kim
`rckim@duanemorris.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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`Bruce J. Barker
`bbarker@chsblaw.com
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`Cases IPR2014-01479 and IPR2014-01481 (Patent 6,896,773 B2)
`Cases IPR2014-01482 and IPR2014-01494 (Patent 6,896,775 B2)
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`APPENDIX
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`“Gillette Proceedings”
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,896,773 B2
`IPR2014-00580, IPR2014-00726,
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,896,775 B1
`IPR2014-00604, IPR2014-00578
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`“TSMC (Joinder) Proceedings”
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,896,773 B2
`IPR2014-01479, IPR2014-01481
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,896,775 B1
`IPR2014-01482, IPR2014-01494
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