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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioner
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`V.
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`ADVANCED SILICON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00894
`Patent 8,933,945 B2
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`PETITIONER VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.’S
`UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Mail Stop "PATENT BOARD"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
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`Case 1PR2016-00894 of
`U.S. Patent No. 8,933,945 B2
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(3), Petitioner Volkswagen Group of
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`America, Inc. hereby submits the following updated mandatory notices to update
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`related matters.
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`I. Related Matters
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`The following judicial matters may affect or be affected by a decision in this
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`proceeding.
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`Patent Owner asserted U.S. Patent No. 8,933,945 ("the ’945 patent") in the
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`following cases in the D. Del.: AST v. Volkswagen AG, 1-15-cv-01181; AST v.
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`Toyota Motor Co., 1-15--cv-01180; AST v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.,
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`l-15-cv-01 179;
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`AST v. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, 1-15-cv-01 178; AST v. NVIDIA Corp., 1-
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`15-cv-01 177; AST v. Renesas Electronics Corp., 1-15-cv-00176; AST v. Texas
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`Instruments Inc., 1-15-cv-01 175; AST v. Fujitsu Ten Ltd. et al., 1-15-cv-01 174; and
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`AST v. Harman Int’l Industries, Inc., 1-15-cv-01173. AST has also asserted the
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`’945 patent in the complaint "Certain Computing or Graphics Systems,
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`Components Thereof, and Vehicles Containing Same," Investigation No. 337-TA-
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`984, filed December 28, 2015 at the U.S. International Trade Commission,
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`naming, among numerous others, Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen Group of
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`America, Inc., Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, Audi
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`AG, and Audi of America, LLC as respondents. Volkswagen Group of America
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`Chattanooga Operations, LLC and Audi of America, LLC are subsidiaries of
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`Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Audi AG is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG.
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`Two new petitions for inter partes review have been filed against the ’945
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`patent: 1PR2016-01060, filed May 19, 2016, by Unified Patents Inc.; and 1PR2016-
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`01108, filed May 27, 2016, by Texas Instruments Incorporated.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`Michael D. Specht
`Registration No. 54,463
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: June 16, 2016
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.’S UPDATED
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`MANDATORY NOTICES was served electronically via e-mail on June 16,
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`2016, in its entirety on the following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`William A. Meunier (Lead Counsel)
`Michael T. Renaud (Back-up Counsel)
`Adam S. Rizk (Back-up Counsel)
`MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY, AND POPEO, P.C.
`AdS ilTechlPRs@rnintz. corn
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`Michael D. Specht
`Registration No. 54,463
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: June 16, 2016
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600