`571-272-7822
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`Paper 24
`Entered: March 17, 2017
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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PARTHENON UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2016-01134
`Patent 7,542,045 B2
`____________
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, JAMES B. ARPIN, and
`MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Termination of Inter Partes Review
` 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`IPR2016-01134
`Patent 7,542,045 B2
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`BACKGROUND
`Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition requesting an inter partes
`review of claims 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 15–17 (“the challenged claims”) of
`U.S. Patent No. 7,542,045 B2 (Ex. 1001, “the ’045 patent”). Paper 2. On
`December 8, 2016, we instituted trial for all of the challenged claims of the
`’045 Patent. Paper 7. Subsequently, in a separate proceeding involving the
`’045 patent, we issued a Final Written Decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
`§ 318(a) determining claims 1, 4–7, 9, 10, 12, and 15–17 of the ’045 patent
`to be unpatentable. HTC Corp. v. Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture
`LLC, Case IPR2015-01502, slip op. at 37 (PTAB January 4, 2017) (Paper
`52). On February 22, 2017, we issued an Order to Show Cause why the
`instant proceeding should not be terminated in view of the determination that
`claims 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 15–17 of the ’045 patent are unpatentable.
`Paper 20, 2. After a conference call with the parties on February 27, 2017,
`we issued an Order authorizing the parties to file a Joint Motion to
`Terminate the instant proceeding in lieu of a response to the Order to Show
`Cause. Paper 21, 3. On March 10, 2017, the parties filed a Joint Motion to
`Terminate the instant proceeding. Paper 23.
`In their Joint Motion to Terminate, the parties indicate that the time
`period has lapsed for appealing the Final Written Decision in HTC
`Corporation v. Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC, Case
`IPR2015-01502, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. See
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`IPR2016-01134
`Patent 7,542,045 B2
`Paper 23, 1–2. Therefore, each of the challenged claims in the instant inter
`partes review is unpatentable.1
`The particular facts before us indicate that it is appropriate to
`terminate this inter partes review. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. We already have
`determined that claims 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 15–17 of the ’045 patent are
`unpatentable, and, therefore, any decision we might reach in the instant
`proceeding regarding the patentability of these claims would be moot and
`purely advisory. See Paper 23, 1 (The parties “jointly request termination of
`this inter partes review proceeding as moot.”). Furthermore, rendering a
`Final Written Decision in the instant proceeding would not promote securing
`the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of every proceeding or the
`efficient utilization of the Board’s limited resources. See 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.1(b).
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`ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that we grant the parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate and,
`as a result, we terminate this inter partes review as moot.
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`1 In addition, Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture (“Patent Owner”) did
`not file a Patent Owner Response or a Motion to Amend in the instant
`proceeding. See Paper 23, 1. In the Scheduling Order for the instant
`proceeding, “[t]he patent owner [was] cautioned that any arguments for
`patentability not raised and fully briefed in the response will be deemed
`waived.” Paper 8, 3.
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`IPR2016-01134
`Patent 7,542,045 B2
`For PETITIONER:
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`David W. O’Brien
`Andrew Ehmke
`HAYNES & BOONE, LLP
`David.obrien.ipr@haynesboone.com
`Andy.ehmke.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Masood Anjom
`Scott Clark
`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.
`manjom@azalaw.com
`sclark@azalaw.com
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