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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al.
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`Smartflash, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2014-00197
`Patent 8,033,458
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Case CBM2014-00197
`Attorney Docket No: 39843-0005CP2
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner
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`Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al. (“Petitioner”), request a refund in the
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`amount of $18,000.00 to be paid to deposit account number 06-1050.
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`On September 26, 2014, Petitioner filed a Petition for Covered Business
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`Method Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,033,458 with the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board that was assigned case number CBM2014-00197. In accordance with the
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`fee schedule specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a) Petitioner deposited an electronic
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`payment in the amount of $12,000.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its
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`Petition to cover associated fees with Petitioner’s covered business method review
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`request, and a further $18,000.00 in Post-Institution fees.
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`On March 31, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`denying institution of covered business method review. Accordingly, Petitioner
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`requests a refund in the amount of $18,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it
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`has paid to the USPTO in connection with that proceeding.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Thomas A. Rozylowicz/
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`Thomas A. Rozylowicz
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`Facsimile: (202) 783-2331
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) and 42.205(b), the undersigned certifies
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`that on July 1, 2015, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request for
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`Refund of Post-Institution Fees was provided via email to the Patent Owner by
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`serving the correspondence email address of record as follows:
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`Michael R. Casey
`J. Scott Davidson
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`4300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700
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`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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