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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`E-WATCH INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00411
`Patent 7,365,871
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) hereby requests a refund of the $14,000
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`post-institution fee that it previously paid. Petitioner filed a petition for inter
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`partes review of U.S. Patent No. 7,365,871 on December 11, 2014 and paid
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`$23,000 on that date, including a $9,000 payment for the inter partes review fee
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`and a $14,000 payment for the post-institution fee, as required by 37 C.F.R.
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`§42.15(a)(2). The Board denied institution of the inter partes review petition on
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`May 7, 2015 (Paper No. 12) and denied a Request for Rehearing on June 24, 2015
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`(Paper No. 14). Petitioner therefore requests a refund of the $14,000.00 post-
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`institution fee that it previously paid.
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`Upon review and approval of this Request, Petitioner respectfully requests
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`that the Board credit $14,000 to Deposit Account No. 501408.
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`DATED: August 10, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Brian M. Buroker
`Brian M. Buroker (Reg. No. 39,125) (lead)
`Blair A. Silver (Reg. No. 68,003) (back-up)
`GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20036-5306
`Telephone: 202.955.8500
`Facsimile: 202.467.0539
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
`bsilver@gibsondunn.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner Apple Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies service pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) a copy of
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`this Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees by electronic mail on August 10,
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`2015 on the counsel of record of the Patent Owner:
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`Robert C. Curfiss, bob@curfiss.com
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`David O. Simmons, Dsimmons1@sbcglobal.net
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`DATED: August 10, 2015
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`By: /s/ Brian M. Buroker
`Brian M. Buroker (Reg. No. 39,125)
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`Attorney for Petitioner Apple Inc.
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