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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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`UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2018-00022
`U.S. Patent No. 9,530,137
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION
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`Apple Inc. (“Petitioner” or “Apple”) hereby files its request for a refund of
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`the $22,000 post-institution fee that was previously paid.
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`On April 4, 2018, Petitioner filed a petition for covered business method
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`review of U.S. Patent No. 9,530,137 and paid the USPTO a total of $38,000 at the
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`time of filing, which included a $22,000 payment for the post-institution fee
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`required under 37 C.F.R. §42.15(b)(1)-(2). The filed covered business method
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`review petition was denied institution on September 12, 2018. (Paper 10.)
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`Petitioner is entitled to request a refund of the post-institution fee that was
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`previously paid and is entitled to this refund. See e.g., 78 Fed. Reg. 4233 (Jan. 18,
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`2013) available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-18/pdf/2013-
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`00819.pdf (stating that “The entire post-institution fee would be returned to the
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`petitioner if the Office does not institute a review.”).
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`For at least the reasons set forth above, Apple respectfully requests a refund
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`of the $22,000 post-institution fee previously paid by Apple.
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`The refund may be deposited in Deposit Account No. 08-0219 under
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`attorney reference number 1033300.00303US1.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`March 27, 2019
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`/Monica Grewal/
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`Monica Grewal
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`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
`60 STATE STREET
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on March 27, 2019, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing materials:
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`• Request for Refund
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`to be served via electronic mail on the following correspondents of record as listed
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`in Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices:
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`James M. Glass (jimglass@quinnemanuel.com)
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`Tigran Guledjian (tigranguledjian@quinnemanuel.com)
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`Christopher A. Mathews (chrismathews@quinnemanuel.com)
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`Nima Hefazi (nimahefazi@quinnemanuel.com)
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`Richard Lowry (richardlowry@quinnemanuel.com)
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`Quinn Emanuel USR IPR (qe-usr-ipr@quinnemanuel.com)
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`/Monica Grewal/
`Monica Grewal
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