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`Michael N. Zachary (SBN 112479)
`mzachary@kenyon.com
`KENYON & KENYON LLP
`1801 Page Mill Road
`Suite 210
`Palo Alto, CA 94304-1216
`Telephone: (650) 384-4700
`Facsimile: (650) 384-4701
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`Apple Inc.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SOUTHERN DIVISION
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`LIMESTONE MEMORY SYSTEMS
`LLC, a California Limited Liability
`Company,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
`APPLE INC., a California Corporation,
`Defendant.
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`Case No. 8:15-cv-01274 DOC (KESx)
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`JOINT STATUS REPORT
`REGARDING INTER PARTES
`REVIEW PROCEEDINGS
`Judge: Honorable David O. Carter
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`STATUS REPORT REGARDING INTER
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`Pursuant to the parties’ agreement in the July 8, 2016 Joint Status Report,
`Plaintiff Limestone Memory Systems LLC and Defendant Apple Inc. (“Apple”)
`provide this additional joint status report to update the Court on the status of the
`petitions for inter partes review of the patents-in-suit in the Related Cases.
`On April 21, 2016, in response to Micron’s petitions for inter partes review, the
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) instituted review on claims 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7
`of U.S. Patent No. 6,233,181, claims 17-20 of U.S. Patent No. 6,697,296, and claims
`1-5 of U.S. Patent No. 5,943,260. The PTAB did not institute review on claim 3 of
`the ‘181 patent or claims 13-15 of the ‘296 patent. On July 27, 2016, Limestone
`disclaimed all claims under inter partes review. On August 3, 2016, the PTAB, at the
`request of Limestone, entered adverse judgments against Limestone, terminating the
`inter partes review proceedings for U.S. Patent No. 5,943,260, U.S. Patent No.
`6,233,181, and U.S. Patent No. 6,697,296. After the conclusion of these Micron inter
`partes review proceedings, the following claims remained in the litigation: claims 13-
`15 of the ‘296 patent; claim 3 of the ‘181 patent, claims 6-12 and 14-15 of the ‘441
`patent, and claims 1-2 of the ‘504 patent.
`On August 12, 2016, Apple filed petitions for inter partes review of claims 3
`and 5 of U.S. Patent No. 6,233,181, and claims 6-12, 14, and 15 of U.S. Patent No.
`5,894,441. Apple did not file petitions for inter partes review regarding claims 13-15
`of the ‘296 patent or claims 1-2 of the ‘504 patent.
`Limestone is currently reviewing Apple’s petitions for inter partes review and
`assessing how these petitions affect the current stay of litigation. An institution
`decision regarding the ‘181 and the ‘441 patents, as required by statute, will issue
`before February 25, 2017 for Apple’s IPR on the ‘181 patent, and by March 1, 2017
`for Apple’s IPR on the ‘441 patent.
`The current status of the claims is as follows:
`Patent
`Claims
`Claims
`Claims in
`Asserted in
`Disclaimed
`Apple’s
`District Court
`after
`Petitions for
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`Litigation
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`Institution on
`Micron’s
`Petitions for
`Inter Partes
`Review
`1-5
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`13-15, 17-19 17-20
`6-12, 14-15
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`1-4, 6
`1-2, 4, 6-7
`1-2
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`Inter Partes
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`subject to
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`Petitions
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`6-12, 14-15
`3, 5
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`5,943,260
`6,697,296
`5,894,441
`6,233,181
`5,805,504
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`As a result of Limestone’s disclaimer of all claims of U.S. Patent No.
`5,943,260, there are no longer any patents asserted against PNY Technologies, Inc.
`and Transcend Information, Inc. (California). Accordingly, PNY Technologies, Inc.
`and Transcend Information, Inc. (California) have informed Limestone that they will
`request that the patent infringement claims asserted against them be dismissed with
`prejudice in the following cases : Limestone Memory Sys. LLC v. PNY Techs., Inc.,
`No. 8:15-cv-00656 (C.D. Cal.), and Limestone Memory Sys. LLC v. Transcend Info.,
`Inc. (California), No. 8:15-cv-00657 (C.D. Cal.). Limestone does not oppose these
`requests. The parties are meeting and conferring and will file the appropriate
`documents with the Court shortly.
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`DATED: September 2, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Michael N. Zachary
`Michael N. Zachary (SBN 112479)
`mzachary@kenyon.com
`KENYON & KENYON LLP
`1801 Page Mill Road
`Suite 210
`Palo Alto, CA 94304-1216
`Telephone:
`(650) 384-4700
`Facsimile:
`(650) 384-4701
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`Apple Inc.
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`/s/ Eric Broxterman _ _ __ _
`Timothy P. Maloney
`Eric L. Broxterman
`David A. Gosse
`FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY LLP
`120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`Telephone: (312) 577-7000
`Facsimile: (312) 577-7007
`tim@fitcheven.com
`ebroxterman@fitcheven.com
`dgosse@fitcheven.com
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`Jon A. Birmingham (CA SBN 271034)
`FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY LLP
`21700 Oxnard Street, Suite 1740
`Woodland Hills, California 91367
`Telephone: (818) 715-7025
`Facsimile: (818) 715-7033
`jbirmi@fitcheven.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`LIMESTONE MEMORY SYSTEMS LLC
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`ATTESTATION OF SIGNATURE
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`I, Michael N. Zachary, am the ECF User whose ID and password was used to
`electronically file this JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING INTER PARTES
`REVIEW PROCEEDINGS. I hereby attest that Counsel for Plaintiffs Limestone
`Memory Systems LLC (Eric L. Broxterman) concurred in this filing.
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`Dated: September 2, 2016
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`/s/ Michael N. Zachary
`Michael N. Zachary (SBN 112479)
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