`571-272-7822
`
`Paper 53
`Date: March 18, 2024
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`BEFORE THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF
`COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DEPUTY
`DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
`OFFICE
`
`
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MICRON TECHNOLOGY,
`INC., MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC., and MICRON
`TECHNOLOGY TEXAS LLC,1
`Petitioners,
`v.
`NETLIST, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`
`
`IPR2022-00996 (Patent 11,016,918 B2)
`IPR2022-00999 (Patent 11,232,054 B2)
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Before DERRICK BRENT,2 Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
`Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and
`Trademark Office.
`
`
`1 Micron Technology, Inc., Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc., and
`Micron Technology Texas LLC filed petitions in IPR2023-00405 and
`IPR2023-00406 and were joined as parties to these proceedings. See
`IPR2022-00996, Paper 26; IPR2022-00999, Paper 27.
`2 Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
`and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, took no part
`in this decision. The Director’s authority is delegated to Derrick Brent,
`Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, by operation of
`
`
`
`
`
`IPR2022-00996 (Patent 11,016,918 B2)
`IPR2022-00999 (Patent 11,232,054 B2)
`
`
`ORDER
`The Office received a request for Director Review of the Final
`Written Decision in the above-captioned cases. See IPR2022-00996,
`Paper 52; Ex. 3100; IPR2022-00999, Paper 53; Ex. 3100. Director Vidal is
`recused from this matter, and the request was referred to me.
`Upon consideration of the request, it is:
`ORDERED that the request for Director Review is denied; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Final
`Written Decision in this case is the final decision of the agency.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`the Director’s Memorandum § II.c. See Director’s Memorandum,
`Procedures for Recusal to Avoid Conflicts of Interest and Delegations of
`Authority (Apr. 20, 2022) (Recusal Procedure Memo), available at
`www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Director-Memorandum-on-
`Recusal-Procedures.pdf.
`
`2
`
`
`
`IPR2022-00996 (Patent 11,016,918 B2)
`IPR2022-00999 (Patent 11,232,054 B2)
`
`For PETITIONER:
`
`Eliot D. Williams
`Theodore W. Chandler
`Ferenc Pazmandi
`Aashish Kapadia
`Brianna L. Potter
`BAKER BOTTS LLP
`Eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
`Ted.chandler@bakerbott.com
`Ferenc.pazmandi@bakerbotts.com
`Aashish.kapadia@bakerbotts.com
`Brianna.potter@bakerbotts.com
`
`Juan Yaquian
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`jyaquian@winston.com
`
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Hong Annita Zhong
`IRELL & MANELLA LLP
`hzhong@irell.com
`
`3
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