Case: 22-1465 Document: 117 Page: 1 Filed: 07/16/2024

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ARBOR GLOBAL STRATEGIES, LLC, Appellant

v.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Appellees

KATHERINE K. VIDAL, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________

2022-1465, 2022-1466, 2022-1467 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2020- 01020, IPR2020-01021, IPR2020-01022.

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ARBOR GLOBAL STRATEGIES, LLC, Appellant Case: 22-1465 Document: 117 Page: 2 Filed: 07/16/2024

v.

XILINX, INC., TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO. LTD., Appellees

KATHERINE K. VIDAL, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________

2022-1549, 2022-1550, 2022-1551, 2022-1552 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2020- 01567, IPR2020-01568, IPR2020-01570, IPR2020-01571. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

DANIEL NOAH LERMAN, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by PAUL J. ANDRE, JAMES R. HANNAH, LISA KOBIALKA, Redwood Shores, CA, JEFFREY PRICE, New York, NY.

JOHN C. O'QUINN, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellees Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd. also represented by WILLIAM H. BURGESS, CHRISTOPHER MIZZO; MEREDITH ZINANNI, Chi- cago, IL.

JAMES M. GLASS, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Case: 22-1465 Document: 117 Page: 3 Filed: 07/16/2024

LLP, New York, NY, for appellee Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Also represented by ERIC HUANG.

JEFFREY SHNEIDMAN, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA, argued for appellee Xilinx, Inc. Also represented by KENNETH WAYNE DARBY, DAVID M. HOFFMAN, Austin, TX; JOHN A. DRAGSETH, Minneapolis, MN.

DANA KAERSVANG, Civil Division, United States De- partment of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for interve- nor. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, JOSHUA MARC SALZMAN; MICHAEL S. FORMAN, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, MICHAEL TYLER, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (HUGHES, LINN, and STARK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 16, 2024 Date