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

Explore the PTAB proceeding IPR2025-01302 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

IPR2025-01302

Filing Date

2025-07-15

Accorded Filing Date

2025-07-15

Institution Decision Date

2026-01-09

Last Modified Date

2026-04-10

Proceeding Type

IPR

Termination Date

2026-04-10

Trial Status

Terminated-Settled

Parties & Counsel

Petitioner

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.

Represented By

Gordon, Loriet 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 13665376

Respondent Patent Number 8884373

External Links

Espacenet

Google Patents

Respondent Inventor Yoshihiro SATO et al

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

Address and Attorney/Agent Information

4 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
30836	Donald Flaynik Jr	815-467-4333
33664	Michael Cherskov	312-621-1330
58451	Szymon Gurda	312-621-1330
84142	Yi Lu	312-621-1330

Proceeding Documents

Termination Due to Settlement After Institution of Trial TERMINATE

2026-04-10 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Joint Motion to File Settlement Agreement as Confidential Business Information MOTION

2026-04-02 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding MOTION

2026-04-02 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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ORDER Granting Patent Owner’s and Petitioner’s Motions to Seal Granting Patent Owner’s Motion for Entry of Protective Order 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14, 42.54 ORDER

2026-02-06 FILING PARTY: BOARD

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Patent Owner's Objections to Petitioner's Evidence OTHER

2026-01-26 FILING PARTY: PATENT OWNER

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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

Termination Due to Settlement After Institution of Trial TERMINATE

Joint Motion to File Settlement Agreement as Confidential Business Information MOTION

Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding MOTION

ORDER Granting Patent Owner’s and Petitioner’s Motions to Seal Granting Patent Owner’s Motion for Entry of Protective Order 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14, 42.54 ORDER

Patent Owner's Objections to Petitioner's Evidence OTHER

SCHEDULING ORDER ORDER

Institution Decision: Grant DECISION

Petitioner's Opposition to Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Request (Public Redacted Version) OTHER

Petitioner's Sur-Reply in Opposition to Patent Owner's Discretionary Denial Request (Public Redacted Version) OTHER

Director Discretionary Decision: Refer RESPONSE

Petitioner's Unopposed Motion to Seal Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§42.14 and 42.54 MOTION

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

Patent Owner's Unopposed Motion to Seal Paper 14 MOTION

Email Correspondence Exhibit

Exhibit 1022 - Disruptive Technology: TSMC 22ULL eMRAM Exhibit

Exhibit 1045 - Docket for 2:23-cv-00379 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Exhibit 1058 - Eric Lee, How Taiwan Underwrites the US Defense Industrial Complex, The Diplomat (Nov. 9, 2021) Exhibit

Exhibit 1023 - 28HPC+_22ULP - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited Exhibit

Exhibit 1055 - Another Historic Investment Secured Under President Trump, Articles, The White House (Mar. 3, 2025) Exhibit

Exhibit 1063 - Silvia Pellegrino, What is TSMC?, Tech Monitor (Jan. 2, 2023) Exhibit

Exhibit 1051 - Trump on China Putting - America First (Robert C. O’Brien editor) Exhibit

Exhibit 1041 - 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

Exhibit 1047 - Docket for 2:24-cv-00047 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Petitioner's Unopposed Motion to Seal MOTION

Exhibit 1053 - Speech: Donald Trump Addresses an Republican Dinner in Washington - April 8, 2025 Exhibit

Exhibit 1048 - Docket for 2:24-cv-00049 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Exhibit 1056 - Sujai Shivakumar and Charles Wessner, Semiconductors and National Defense: What Are the Stakes?, Center for Strategic International Studies (June 8, 2022) Exhibit

Exhibit 1054 - Microchip USA, How Military Tensions Are Driving the Next Semiconductor Chip Race (July 16, 2025) Exhibit

Exhibit 1049 - Jeremy Bowman, Nasdaq, This 1 Number May Ensure TSMC’s Market Dominance, The Motley Fool (Aug. 17, 2024) Exhibit

Exhibit 1042 - United States District Courts – National Judicial Caseload Profile, 12-Month Period Ending Mar. 31, 2025 Exhibit

Exhibit 1050 - CNBC Transcript: United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Speaks with CNBC’s Brian Sullivan on “The Exchange” Today, CNBC (Apr. 29. 2025) Exhibit

Exhibit 1021 - A Review of TSMC 28 nm Process Technology Exhibit

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List NOTICE

Exhibit 1044 - Docket for 2:23-cv-00274 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

Exhibit 1020 - Translation of Written Opinion of International Search Authority Exhibit

Exhibit 1057 - U.S., Taiwan, and Semiconductors: A Critical Supply Chain Partnership, Final Report, Project 2049 Institute (US-Taiwan Business Counsel June 21, 2023) Exhibit

Exhibit 1060 - Virtex 7 XQ FPGAs Exhibit

Exhibit 1052 - Remarks: Donald Trump Announces an Economic Investment in the United States - March 3, 2025 Exhibit

Exhibit 1062 - Bruce Fienberg, Xilinx Ships First Artix-7 FPGAs – Raising the Performance Bar for Portable and Small Form Factor Applications at the ‘Edge’ (July 17, 2012) Exhibit

Exhibit 1043 - Summary of Judge Gilstrap Patent Trials Between October 22, 2024 and October 22, 2025 Exhibit

Exhibit 1061 - Xilinx, 7-Series Defense-Grade FPGAs: All Programmable Defense-Grade Devices with High Performance, Low Power, and 4th Generation Security (2016) Exhibit

Exhibit 1046 - Docket for 2:24-cv-00034 (E.D. Tex.) Exhibit

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

Email Correspondence Exhibit

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

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

EX2009 -Protective Order DKT 62 Exhibit

EX2006 – AICP Notice of Compliance DKT 45 Exhibit

EX2015 – U.S. Patent No. 7,632,751 Exhibit

EX2012 - Docket Navigator Time-to-Trial Stats Exhibit

EX2010 – TSMC Motion to Stay Pending IPR DKT 47 Exhibit

EX2005 – 1st Amended DCO DKT 53 Exhibit

EX2003 – 2nd Amended DCO DKT 60 Exhibit

EX2008 – Declaration of Kemper Diehl Exhibit

Motion for Entry of Protective Order MOTION

EX2004 -DCO DKT 46 Exhibit

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

EX2001 - AICP v. TSMC Complaint EDTX Exhibit

Motion to Seal MOTION

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

PO Discretionary Denial Brief RESPONSE

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

EX2027 – 3rd Amended DCO DKT 73 Exhibit

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

EX2002 – AICP v. TSMC Docket Sheet Exhibit