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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC., HTC CORPORATION, HTC AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG
`ELECTRONICS CO. LTD, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., AND
`AMAZON.COM, INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`MEMORY INTEGRITY, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00172
`Patent 7,296,121
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`PETITIONER REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Case IPR2015-00172
`Attorney Docket No: 39521-0007IP3
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`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), Petitioners,
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`Apple Inc. et al., request a refund in the amount of $16,000 to be credited to
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`Deposit Account Number 06-1050.
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`On October 28, 2014, Petitioners filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,296,121with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2015-00172. In accordance with the fee schedule
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`specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the
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`amount of $9,000 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover
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`associated fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and a further $16,000
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`in Post-Institution fees.
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`On May 11, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`denying institution of this proceeding. A subsequent request for rehearing was also
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`denied. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $16,000 for the
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`post-institution fees that was paid to the USPTO in connection with that
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`proceeding and request that the refund be credited to Deposit Account No. 06-
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`1050.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Roberto J. Devoto /
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`Roberto J. Devoto
`Reg. No. 55,108
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`Date:
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`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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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 October 7, 2015, 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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`Jonathan D. Baker
`Reg. No. 45708
`Farney Daniels PC
`411 Borel Avenue, Suite 350
`San Mateo, California 94402
`Phone: 424-268-5210
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`jbaker@farneydaniels.com
`batkinson@farneydaniels.com
`fdlitsupport@farneydaniels.com
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` /Edward G. Faeth/
`Edward G. Faeth
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(202) 626-6420
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