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

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-01212 filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. on 2025-07-25. This includes filing dates, application numbers, tech centers, patent numbers, and current case status.

Proceeding Overview

Proceeding Number

IPR2025-01212

Filing Date

2025-07-25

Accorded Filing Date

2025-07-25

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

Houston, Michaelet 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 11000904

Respondent Patent Number 7439623

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

117

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 16 MOTION

Email Correspondence Exhibit

Email Correspondence Exhibit

PET Opposition to Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

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/anothe r-historic-investment-secured-under-president-trump Exhibit

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

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

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

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

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

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-aiand- 5g-ecosystem 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/documen t/fcms_na_distprofile0331.2025.pdf Exhibit

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

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

Docket for 2:24-cv-00034 (E.D. Tex.) 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-leadershipinartificial- intelligence/ 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-taiwanunderwrites- the-us-defense-industrial-complex/ Exhibit

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

16/12nm Technology Exhibit

Docket for 2:24-cv-00049 (E.D. Tex.) 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-istsmc/? cf-view Exhibit

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

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

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-mayensure- tsmcs-market-dominance Exhibit

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

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

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

JP4047324 file wrapper - excerpts and Certified Translation of excerpts and Certification of Translation 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-bigscience- watching-the-covid-19-virus-in-action 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

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/newsreleases/ news-releasedetails/tsmc-expandscollaboration- ansys-integrating-ai-technology Exhibit

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

Email Correspondence Exhibit

EX2019 – Excerpt of TSMC’s Petition for IPR in IPR2025-01210 (‘751) Exhibit

EX2009 -Protective Order DKT 62 Exhibit

EX2010 – TSMC Motion to Stay Pending IPR DKT 47 Exhibit

Motion for Protective Order MOTION

EX2003 – 2nd Amended DCO DKT 60 Exhibit

EX2001 - AICP v. TSMC Complaint EDTX Exhibit

EX2014 – USPTO Memorandum Exhibit

EX2004 -DCO DKT 46 Exhibit

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

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

EX2013 – Lex Machina Time-to-Trial Stats Exhibit

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

Motion to Seal MOTION

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

EX2022 - Excerpt of TSMC’s Petition for IPR in IPR2025-01302 (‘373) Exhibit

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

PO Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

EX2017 – U.S. Patent No. 8,329,572 Exhibit

EX2005 – 1st Amended DCO DKT 53 Exhibit