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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`FIRST DATA CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`CARDSOFT (ASSIGNMENT FOR THE
`BENEFIT OF CREDITORS), LLC,
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00720
`Patent 7,302,683 B2
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`PETITIONER FIRST DATA CORPORATION
`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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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 F.R. 4211, 4234-35, Petitioner FIRST DATA
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`CORPORATION requests a refund in the amount of $14,000 to be paid to credit
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`card ending in 1006.
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`On May 1, 2014, Petitioners filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review (“IPR”)
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`with the USPTO that was assigned case number IPR2014-00720. In accordance
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`with the fee schedule specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(b), Petitioners deposited an
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`electronic payment in the amount of $23,000 with the USPTO at the time of the
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`filing of the Petition to cover associated fees. Petitioners’ payment comprised
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`$14,000 for post-institution fees.
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`On October 17, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a decision
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`denying Institution of Inter Partes Review of the IPR2014-00720. See Paper No. 8.
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested
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`Accordingly, First Data Corporation requests a refund in the amount of
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`$14,000 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in connection
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`with this proceeding, as no trial is instituted.
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`Dated: January 27, 2015
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`Lead Counsel
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`Paul C. Haughey
`Registration No. 31,836
`phaughey@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Postal and Hand-Delivery Address:
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, Eighth Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: (415) 576-0200
`Fax: (415) 576-0300
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Paul C. Haughey/
`Paul C. Haughey
`Registration No. 31,836
`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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`Back-Up Counsel
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`Darin J. Gibby
`Registration No. 38,464
`dgibby@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Postal and Hand-Delivery Address:
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`1400 Wewatta Street, Suite 600
`Denver , CO 80202
`Telephone: (303) 571-4000
`Fax: (303) 571-4321
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of this Request for Refund has
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`been served January 27, 2015, via electronic mail directed to the attorneys of
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`record for the Patent Owner upon the following:
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`Dated: January 27, 2015
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`66866400V.1
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`Birch, Steward, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
`8110 Gatehouse Road, Suite 100 East
`Falls Church, VA 22042-1248
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`With copies by email, per Patent Owner consent, to:
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`mrb@buscherlaw.com
`dra@bskb.com
`gsd@bskb.com
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`By: /Paul C. Haughey/
`Paul C. Haughey
`Registration No. 31,836
`Counsel for Petitioner