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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. 8,051,181
`Issued: November 1, 2011
`Filed: February 27, 2007
`Inventors: Victor Larson, et al.
`Title: METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING SECURE COMMUNICATION LINK
`BETWEEN COMPUTERS OF VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2014-00486
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`On March 10, 2014, Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,051,181 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 and 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.100 et seq. (“Petition,” Paper No. 1), seeking review of claims 1-29 of the
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`’181 patent. On September 16, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a
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`Decision Denying Inter Partes Review (Paper No. 18). Petitioner hereby requests
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`a refund of $19,600 for the Post-Institution Fee under 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2)
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`($14,000) and Post-Institution Claim Fees under 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(4) for
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`fourteen claims ($5,600) submitted with the filing of the Petition. See e.g., 78 FR
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`4233, 4234-35 (Jan. 18, 2013).
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`Payment of $19,600 in Post-Institution Fees was processed through PRPS on
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`March 10, 2014, 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 Fees to our Deposit Account No. 50-1597 under
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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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`Order No. 41484-80120.
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`Date: November 11, 2014
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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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