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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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`VIRNETX, INC. AND SCIENCE APPLICATION INTERNATIONAL
`CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 7,490,151
`Issued: Feb. 10, 2009
`Filed: Sep. 30, 2002
`Inventors: Edmund C. Munger, et al
`Title: Establishment of a Secure Communication Link Based Domain Name
`Service (DNS) Request
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2013-00354
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`On June 17, 2013, Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,490,151 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 and 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.100 et seq. (“Petition,” Paper No. 5), seeking review of claims 1-16 of the
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`’151 patent. On December 13, 2013, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a
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`Decision Denying Inter Partes Review (Paper No. 20); on January 6, 2014,
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`Petitioner submitted a Motion for Rehearing; on February 12, 2014, the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board issued a Decision Denying the Request for Rehearing
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`(Paper No. 24). Petitioner hereby requests a refund of $14,400 for the Post-
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`Institution Fee under 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2) ($14,000) and Post-Institution Claim
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`Fees under 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(4) for one claim ($400) submitted with the filing
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`of the Petition. See e.g., 78 FR 4233, 4234-35 (Jan. 18, 2013).
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`Payment of $14,400 in Post-Institution Fees was processed through PRPS on
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`June 17, 2013, and charged to the undersigned’s Deposit Account No. 50-1597.
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`Upon review and approval of this request, Petitioner respectfully requests that the
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`Board credit the Post-Institution Fee to our Deposit Account No. 50-1597 under
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`Order No. 41484-80120.
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`Date: November 11, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Jeffrey P. Kushan
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`Jeffrey P. Kushan (Reg. No. 43,401)
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`jkushan@sidley.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 11th day of November, 2014, a copy of this
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees for Inter Partes Review, has been
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`served in its entirety by e-mail on the following counsel of record for patent owner:
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`Joseph E. Palys
`josephpalys@paulhastings.com
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`Naveen Modi
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`/s/ Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Jeffrey P. Kushan (Reg. No. 43,401)
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`jkushan@sidley.com
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