`Patent No. 7,334,720
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
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`SMARTFLASH LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2014-00105
`Patent 7,334,720
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`Before JENNIFER S. BISK, RAMA G. ELLURU, NEIL T. POWELL,
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, and MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MOTION FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
`Apple Inc. hereby requests a refund of the $18,000 post-institution fee that it
`previously paid. Petitioner Apple filed a petition for covered business method review
`of U.S. Patent No. 7,334,720 on March 31, 2014, and paid the USPTO $30,000 on
`that date, including a $12,000 payment for the covered business method review
`request fee and a $18,000 payment for the post-institution fee, as required by 37
`C.F.R. §42.15(b). The Board denied institution of the covered business method review
`petition on September 30, 2014. (Paper No. 9.) Based on this denial of institution,
`Petitioner Apple Inc. is entitled to a refund of the post-institution fee. See e.g., 78 FR
`4233 (January 18, 2013) available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-
`18/pdf/2013-00819.pdf (“if the review is not instituted at all, the portion of the fee
`covering the trial would be returned”). For at least the foregoing reasons, Apple
`hereby requests a refund of the $18,000 post-institution fee that it previously paid.
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`Case CBM2014-00105
`Patent No. 7,334,720
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`The refund may be deposited in Deposit Account No. 061075 under Order No.
`104677-5008.
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`Dated: October 15, 2014
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`By /J. Steven Baughman/
`J. Steven Baughman, Lead Counsel
`Registration No. 47,414
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
`Ching-Lee Fukuda, Back-up Counsel
`Registration No. 44,334
`ching-lee.fukuda@ropesgray.com
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`Prudential Tower
`800 Boylston Street
`Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600
`(202) 508-4606 (Telephone)
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`Case CBM2014-00105
`Patent No. 7,334,720
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`SMARTFLASH LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2014-00105
`U.S. Patent No. 7,334,720
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`Before JENNIFER S. BISK, RAMA G. ELLURU, NEIL T. POWELL,
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, and MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing Motion for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`in connection with Covered Business Method Review Case CBM2014-00105 was
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`served on this 15th day of October, 2014, by electronic mail, pursuant to the parties’
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`agreement concerning electronic service, upon Davidson Berquist Jackson &
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`Gowdey, LLP, counsel for Patent Owner, at mcasey@dbjg.com, jsd@dbjg.com, and
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`docket@dbjg.com.
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`Dated: October 15, 2014
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`By / Megan F. Raymond/
` Megan F. Raymond
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