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`Paper No. _______
`Filed: July 14, 2014
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` Oliver R. Ashe, Jr., Esq.
`ASHE, P.C.
`11440 Isaac Newton Sq. North
`Suite 210
`Reston, VA 20190
`Tel.: (703) 467-9001
`Fax: (703) 467-9002
`E-mail: oashe@ashepc.com
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`Gregory M. Howison
`HOWISON & ARNOTT, LLP
`Lincoln Centre II
`5420 LBJ Freeway, Suite 660
`Dallas, Texas 75240
`Tel.: (972) 680-6050
`Fax: (972) 479-0464
`E-mail: ghowison@dalpat.com
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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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`RPX CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`VIRNETX, INC. AND SCIENCE APPLICATION
`INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00171
`Patent 6,502,135
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`On November 20, 2013, Petitioner RPX Corporation (“RPX”) filed a
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`petition for inter partes review requesting review of 15 claims of U.S. Patent No.
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`6,502,135. (Paper 1). At the time of filing of the petition, RPX paid a $9,000 inter
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`partes request fee and $14,400 inter partes post-institution fees in accordance with
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a). (RPX inadvertently paid a $400 post-institution fee for
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`claims in excess of 15 claims).
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`On June 5, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) denied
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`institution of the inter partes review. (Paper 49). In view of the PTAB’s decision
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`and 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), RPX
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`respectfully requests a refund of the following post-institution fees:
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`Inter Partes Review Post Inst. (1414)
`Post Inst. Claims in Excess of 15 (1415)
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`1 x $14,000.00
`1 x $400
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`$14,000
`$400
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`Total Amount:
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`$14,400
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`Petitioner respectfully requests that the refund of $14,400 be deposited to
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`Deposit Account No. 20-0780.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Oliver R. Ashe, Jr./
`Oliver R. Ashe, Jr.
`Registration No. 40,491
`Counsel for Petitioner RPX
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the paper entitled
`“PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION
`FEES” was served this 14th day of July, 2014, by e-mail, on the following counsel
`of record for Patent Owner:
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`Joseph E. Palys
`Paul Hastings LLP
`875 15th Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: (202)551-1996
`Fax: (202)551-0496
`E-mail: josephpalys@paulhastings.com
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`Naveen Modi
`Paul Hastings LLP
`875 15th Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: (202)551-1990
`Fax: (202)551-0490
`E-mail: naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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` /Oliver R. Ashe, Jr./
`Oliver R. Ashe, Jr.
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