Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. vs. Advanced Integrated Circuit Process LLC

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-01210 filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. on 2025-07-15. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-01210

Filing Date

2025-07-15

Accorded Filing Date

2025-07-15

Institution Decision Date

2025-11-20

Last Modified Date

2026-07-01

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2025-11-20

Trial Status

Discretionary Denial

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.

Represented By

Lagerwall, Nicholaset al

Patent Owner / Respondent

Advanced Integrated Circuit Process LLC

Represented By

Chorush, Russellet al

Tribunal & Venue

Tribunal

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO)

Technology Center

TC 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical & Optical Systems

Patent Information

1 Patent Involved

Respondent Application Number 12241896

Respondent Patent Number 7632751

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Takeshi HARADA

Respondent Tech Center TC 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical & Optical Systems

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

8 Registered Practitioners

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Firm / Entity Name MICHAEL J. CHERSKOV - SZYMON M. GURDA

Customer Number 27197

Address 903 COMMERCE DR, SUITE 310, OAK BROOK, IL, 60523, UNITED STATES

Attorney / Agent Information

Reg #	Name	Phone
32702	Michael Heim	713-221-2000
38267	Leslie Payne	713-221-2000
55869	Russell Chorush	713-221-2000
68042	Christopher First	713-221-2000
69132	Blaine Larson	713-221-2022
69363	James Baxter	713-221-2000
76551	Christopher Limbacher	713-221-2000
77630	Robert Bullwinkel	713-221-2000

Proceeding Documents

118

Order: Granting Patent Owner's Motion to Expunge ORDER

2026-07-01 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Notice: refund approved NOTICE

2026-02-02 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Petitioner's Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees OTHER

2026-01-28 FILING PARTY: PETITIONER

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Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion to Expunge MOTION

2026-01-02 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

2025-11-20 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. vs. Advanced Integrated Circuit Process LLC

Proceeding Overview

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.

Represented By

Patent Owner / Respondent

Advanced Integrated Circuit Process LLC

Represented By

Tribunal & Venue

Patent Information

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

Power of Attorney & Correspondence

Attorney / Agent Information

Proceeding Documents

Order: Granting Patent Owner's Motion to Expunge ORDER

Notice: refund approved NOTICE

Petitioner's Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees OTHER

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion to Expunge MOTION

Director Discretionary Decision: Deny RESPONSE

Petitioner’s Sur-Reply in Support of its Opposition to Patent Owner’s Discretionary Denial Request [Public Redacted Version] OTHER

Petitioner’s Unopposed Motion to Seal MOTION

Petitioner's Resubmitted Unopposed Motion to Seal MOTION

Email Correspondence Exhibit

Patent Owner's Reply in Support of Discretionary Denial Brief [Public Redacted Version] OTHER

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion to Seal Paper 15 MOTION

Email Correspondence Exhibit

Email Correspondence Exhibit

PET Opposition to Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

U.S., Taiwan, and Semiconductors: A Critical Supply Chain Partnership, Final Report, Project 2049 Institute (US-Taiwan Business Counsel June 21, 2023) Exhibit

Docket for 2:23-cv-00274 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Speech: Donald Trump Addresses an Republican Dinner in Washington - April 8, 2025, available at https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-nrcc-republican-dinner-april-8-2025/#161 Exhibit

Petition for Inter Partes Review IPR2025-01212 Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 6,958,542 to Hasunuma et al. (“Hasunuma’542”) Exhibit

JP4047324 file wrapper – excerpts and Certified Translation of excerpts and Certification of Translation Exhibit

Docket for 2:23-cv-0379 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Charlotte Trueman, Mayo Clinic to use Cerebras chips for medical AI models (January 9, 2024), available at https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/mayo-clinic-to-use-cerebas-chips-for-medical-ai-models/ Exhibit

Summary of Judge Gilstrap Patent Trials Between October 22, 2024 and October 22, 2025 Exhibit

TSMC Expands Collaboration with Ansys by Integrating AI Technology to Accelerate 3D-IC Design, Ansys (Sept. 25, 2024) (last visited July 14, 2025), available at https://investors.ansys.com/news-releases/news-releasedetails/tsmc-expands-collaboration-ansys-integrating-ai-technology Exhibit

Prosecution History 7,439,623 Exhibit

United States District Courts – National Judicial Caseload Profile, 12-Month Period Ending Mar. 31, 2025, U.S. Courts (2025), available at https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/fcms_na_distprofile0331.2025 Exhibit

16/12nm Technology Exhibit

U.S. Patent No. 7,067,919 to Watanabe et al. (“Watanabe’919”) Exhibit

Docket for 2:24-cv-00049 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Vishal Subbiah, A Big Chip for Big Science: Watching the COVID-19 Virus in Action – Cerebras (December 14, 2021), available at https://www.cerebras.ai/blog/a-big-chip-for-big-science-watching-the-covid-19-virus-in-action Exhibit

Jeff Klearman, Decoding TSMC’s Contribution to the AI and 5G Ecosystem (November 20, 2024), available at https://graniteshares.com/institutional/us/en-us/research/decoding-tsmc-s-contribution-to-the-ai-and-5g-ecosystem Exhibit

Docket for 2:24-cv-00034 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan (July 2025) Exhibit

Trump on China Putting - America First (Robert C. O’Brien editor) Exhibit

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2024 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 118 Cong., 2d Sess. (2024) Exhibit

Remarks: Donald Trump Announces an Economic Investment in the United States - March 3, 2025, available at https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-economic-investment-united-states-march-3-2025/#2 Exhibit

Silvia Pellegrino, What is TSMC?, Tech Monitor (Jan. 2, 2023) (last visited July 14, 2025), available at https://www.techmonitor.ai/what-is/what-is-tsmc/?cf-view Exhibit

Sujai Shivakumar and Charles Wessner, Semiconductors and National Defense: What Are the Stakes?, Center for Strategic International Studies (June 8, 2022) (last visited July 14, 2025), available at https://www.csis.org/analysis/ semiconductors-and-national-defense-what-are-stakes Exhibit

Patent Assignment Record from Nuvoton Technology Corp. Japan to Advanced Integrated Circuit Process LLC, Reel: 068118 Frame: 0314-0317, United States Patent and Trademark Office (July 30, 2024) Exhibit

Jeremy Bowman, Nasdaq, This 1 Number May Ensure TSMC’s Market Dominance, The Motley Fool (Aug. 17, 2024) (last visited October 22, 2025), available at https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/1-number-may-ensure-tsmcs-market-dominance Exhibit

Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, Presidential Actions, The White House (Jan. 23, 2025) (last visited July 14, 2025), available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidentialactions/2025/01/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-inartificial-intelligence/ Exhibit

Docket for 2:24-cv-00047 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Another Historic Investment Secured Under President Trump, Articles, The White House (Mar. 3, 2025) (last visited July 14, 2025), available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/another-historic-investment-secured-under-president-trump Exhibit

Eric Lee, How Taiwan Underwrites the US Defense Industrial Complex, The Diplomat (Nov. 9, 2021) (last visited July 14, 2025), available at https://thediplomat.com/2021/11/how-taiwan-underwrites-the-us-defense-industrial-complex/ Exhibit

Alex He, In the Global AI Chips Race, China Is Playing Catch-Up (September 18, 2024) Exhibit

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion for Entry of Protective Order MOTION

Email Correspondence Exhibit

Motion to Seal MOTION

EX2018 – U.S. Patent No. 8,884,373 Exhibit

EX2024 – PO’s Reply to Petitioner’s Opposition to Discretionary Denial in IPR2025-00682 Exhibit

EX2021 - Excerpt of TSMC’s Petition for IPR in IPR2025-01212 (‘623) Exhibit

EX2027 – 3rd Amended DCO DKT 73 Exhibit

EX2011 – Order Denying w/o Prejudice TSMC’s Motion to Stay Pending IPR DKT 71 Exhibit

EX2004 -DCO DKT 46 Exhibit

EX2008 – Declaration of Kemper Diehl Exhibit

EX2010 – TSMC Motion to Stay Pending IPR DKT 47 Exhibit

EX2009 -Protective Order DKT 62 Exhibit

PO Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

EX2003 – 2nd Amended DCO DKT 60 Exhibit

EX2005 – 1st Amended DCO DKT 53 Exhibit

EX2020 – Excerpt of TSMC’s Petition for IPR in IPR2025-01211 (‘623) Exhibit

EX2023 - Excerpt of TSMC’s Petition for IPR in IPR2025-01305 (‘572) Exhibit

EX2016 – U.S. Patent No. 7,439,623 Exhibit

EX2025 – PO’s Reply to Petitioner’s Opposition to Discretionary Denial in IPR2025-00828 Exhibit