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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner,
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`CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-00351
`Patent 7,774,280
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW
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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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`On December 10, 2014, Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition for Inter
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`Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,774,280 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.100 et seq. (“Petition,” Paper No. 1), seeking review of claims 1-5, 8,
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`11-16, 19, 22, 24-28, 31 and 34 of the ’280 patent. On June 24, 2015, the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board issued a Decision Denying Inter Partes Review (Paper No.
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`9). Petitioner hereby requests a refund of $16,400 for the Post-Institution Fee
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2) ($14,000) and Post-Institution Claim Fees under 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(4) for six claims ($2,400) submitted with the filing of the
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`Petition. See e.g., 78 FR 4233, 4234-35 (Jan. 18, 2013).
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`Payment of $16,400 in Post-Institution Fees was processed through PRPS on
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`December 10, 2014, and charged to the undersigned’s Deposit Account No. 50-
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`1597. Upon review and approval of this request, Petitioner respectfully requests
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`that the Board credit the Post-Institution Fees to our Deposit Account No. 50-1597
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`under Order No. 41484-80390.
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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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`Date: February 5, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 5th day of February, 2016, 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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`Timothy P. Maloney
`Email: tpmalo@fitcheven.com
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`Nicholas T. Peters
`Email: ntpete@fitcheven.com
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`Robert A. Cote
`Email: rcote@mckoolsmith.com
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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