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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Arista Networks Inc.,
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`Petitioner
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`Cisco Systems, Inc.,
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`Patent Owner
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Case IPR2015-00974
`Patent 7,224,668
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`Case IPR2015-00974
`Attorney Docket No: 40963-0006IP1
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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), Petitioner
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`Arista Networks Inc. (“Petitioner”), requests a refund in the amount of $33,600.00
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`to be paid to deposit account number 06-1050.
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`On April 1, 2015, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,224,668 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was assigned
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`case number IPR2015-00974. In accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the amount of
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`$17,800.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover associated
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`fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and a further $33,600.00 in Post-
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`Institution fees.
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`On October 6, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`denying institution of inter partes review. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a
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`refund in the amount of $33,600.00 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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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Kevin E. Greene/
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`Kevin E. Greene
`Reg. No. 46,031
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`Date: 11/30/15
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`Case IPR2015-00974
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) and 42.205(b), the undersigned certifies
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`that on November 30, 2015, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s
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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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`Lori A. Gordon
`Robert Greene Sterne
`Jon E. Wright
`Daniel Block
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
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`lgordon-PTAB@skgf.com
`rsterne-PTAB@skgf.com
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`/Diana Bradley/
`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(858) 678-5667
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