`U.S. Patent No. 6,197,696
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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
`GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2016-013761
`Patent Number 6,197,696
`Before JUSTIN T. ARBES, MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK, and
`JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PATENT OWNER’S IDENTIFICATION OF ARGUMENTS EXCEEDING
`THE PROPER SCOPE OF REPLY
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`1 GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc., who filed Petition IPR2017-00921, has been joined as
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`a petitioner in this proceeding.
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`IPR2016-01376
`U.S. Patent No. 6,197,696
`Pursuant to the Board’s August 18, 2017, email authorizing this paper,
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`Patent Owner Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 identifies the following portions of
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`Petitioner’s Reply (Paper 26) that exceed the proper scope of reply relative to
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`Patent Owner’s Response, Paper 19 (“POR”):2
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`Petition lacked priority argument: Reply 14:8-22:15; Ex. 1036; Ex. 1037;
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`Ex. 1038; Ex. 1049 ¶¶37-54.
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`New priority arguments: Reply at 17 (sentence beginning “Layer 58…” and
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`the citation that follows), 19 (sentence beginning “Photoresist layer 62 …” and the
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`citations that follow), 21:4-15; Ex. 1036; Ex. 1037; Ex. 1038; Ex. 1049 ¶¶46-52.
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`3.
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`New combination/success arguments: Reply 22:16-23:2; Ex. 1039; Ex.
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`1040.
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`New combination/success arguments: Reply 27:15-28:5; Ex. 1039; Ex.
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`1040; Ex. 1049 ¶¶66-68.
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`2 Citations to Petitioner’s Reply are in the format of page:lines.
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`IPR2016-01376
`U.S. Patent No. 6,197,696
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`Dated: August 23, 2017
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`Jordan M. Rossen
`Reg. No. 74,064
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`2099 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
`Washington D.C. 20006-6807
`P: 202-508-4759/F: 617-235-9492
`jordan.rossen@ropesgray.com
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`James L. Davis, Jr.
`Reg. No. 57,325
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1900 University Avenue, 6th
`Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284
`P: 650-617-4794/F: 617-235-9492
`james.l.davis@ropesgray.com
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`Respectfully submitted by:
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` /James L. Davis, Jr./
`Andrew N. Thomases (lead
`counsel) - Reg. No. 40,841
`ROPES & GRAY, LLP
`1900 University Ave., 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303
`(650) 617-4000/F: 617-235-9492
`andrew.thomases@ropesgray.com
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`J. Steven Baughman
`Reg. No. 47,414
`Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
`Garrison LLP
`2001 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20006-1047
`P: 202-223-7340/F: 202-403-3740
`sbaughman@paulweiss.com
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`Attorneys For Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that this PATENT OWNER’S
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`IDENTIFICATION OF ARGUMENTS EXCEEDING THE PROPER
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`SCOPE OF REPLY was served by filing this document through the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board PTAB E2E, as well as providing a courtesy copy via
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`e-mail to the following attorneys of record for the Petitioner listed below:
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`Petitioner TSMC’s Counsel of Record:
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`Darren M. Jiron, Darren.jiron@finnegan.com
`E. Robert Yoches, bob.yoches@finnegan.com
`J. Preston Long, j.preston.long@finnegan.com
`Joshua L. Goldberg, Joshua.Goldberg@finnegan.com
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`ATTN: Patent Administration, Two Freedom Square, 11955 Freedom Drive,
`Reston, VA 20190-5675
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`Petitioner GlobalFoundries’s Counsel of Record:
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`Christopher Carroll, christopher.carroll@whitecase.com
`75 State St, Boston, MA 02109-1814
`Shamita Etienne-Cummings, setienne@whitecase.com
`701 Thirteenth St NW, Washington, DC 20005-3807
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`WHITE & CASE, LLP
`Dated:
`August 23, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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`/Crena Pacheco/
`Name: Crena Pacheco
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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