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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
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`VIRNETX, INC.,
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`Case IPR2014-00558
`Patent 6,502,135
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`PETITIONER REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Case IPR2014-00558
`Attorney Docket No: 38868-0004IP1
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner,
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`Microsoft Corporation, requests a refund in the amount of $14,000.00 to be paid to
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`Deposit Account Number 06-1050.
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`On March 31, 2014, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,502,135 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In accordance
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`with the fee schedule specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited an
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`electronic payment in the amount of $9,000.00 with the Board at the time of filing
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`of its Petition to cover associated fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request,
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`and a further $14,000.00 in Post-Institution fees.
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`On July 23, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`denying institution of this inter partes review. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a
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`refund in the amount of $14,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to
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`the USPTO in connection with that proceeding.
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`12/24/14
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`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`Facsimile: (202) 783-2331
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Kevin E. Greene/
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`Kevin E. Greene
`Reg. No. 46,031
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) and 42.6(e)(4)(iii), the undersigned
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`certifies that on December 24, 2014, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees was provided via email to the Patent
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`Owner by serving the correspondence email address of record as follows:
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`Joseph E. Palys
`Naveen Modi
`Paul Hastings LLP
`875 15th Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
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`Jason E. Stach
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett
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`303 Peachtree Street
`Atlanta, GA 30308
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`Email: josephpalys@paulhastings.com
`Email: naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
`Email: jason.stach@finnegan.com
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` /Edward G. Faeth/
`Edward G. Faeth
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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