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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`ANDREA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2015-01395
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`Patent 6,363,345
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, and
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`JEFFERSON, ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE.
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`IPR2015-01395
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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, 4234–4235 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner Realtek
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`Semiconductor Corporation (“Petitioner”) hereby requests a refund in the amount of
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`$22,000.00 to be paid to PTO customer deposit account number 53065.
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`On July 13, 2015 Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent 6,363,345 (Claims 1-25 and 38-47) with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`(“PTAB”), case number IPR2015-01395. 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 $34,000.00 with the PTO at the time of filing of its Petition to cover
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`associated fees. Petitioner’s payment consisted of the following:
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`Inter Partes Review Request Fee
`(§ 42.15(a)(1)
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`Inter Partes Post-Institution Fee
`(§ 42.15(a)(2)
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`Inter Partes Review Request Fee
`Excess of 15 Claims (§ 42.15(a)(3)
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`Inter Partes Post-Institution Fee
`Excess of 20 Claims (§ 42.15(a)(4)
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`$9,000.00
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`$14,000.00
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`$3,000.00
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`$8,000.00
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`TOTAL DEPOSIT
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`$34,000.00
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`On October 16, 2015, the Petitioner and Patent Owner jointly filed with the
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`PTAB a Motion to Terminate the IPR2015-01395 proceedings (Paper Nos. 6, 7).
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`On November 3, 2015, the PTAB Board issued a Decision to Terminate the
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`IPR2015-01395 proceedings (Paper No. 8). Accordingly, Petitioner requests a
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`refund in the amount of $22,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the
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`PTAB in connection with that proceeding.
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`IPR2015-01395
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`Dated: November 16, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /John M Caracappa/
`John M. Caracappa
`Reg. No. 43,532
`jcaracap@steptoe.com
`Tremayne M. Norris
`(Reg. No. 58,683)
`tnorris@steptoe.com
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20036-1795
`Telephone: 202-429-3000
`Facsimile: 202-429-3902
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`Counsel for Realtek Semiconductor
`Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`IPR2015-01395
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`I, the undersigned hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`was served on November 16, 2015 in its entirety on the following counsel by
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`USPS Express Mail Service directed to the following:
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`Andy H. Chan
`chana@pepperlaw.com
`Yue (Lily) Li
`lil@pepperlaw.com
`PEPPER HAMILTON LLP
`333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 400
`Redwood City, CA 94065
`Telephone: (650) 802-3602
`Facsimile: (650) 802-3650
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`Date: November 16, 2015 By:
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`George S. Haight
`haightg@pepperlaw.com
`Griffin Mesmer
`mesmerg@pepperlaw.com
`PEPPER HAMILTON LLP
`125 High Street, 19th Floor
`High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`Telephone: (617) 204-5100
`Facsimile: (617) 204-5150
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`/John M Caracappa/
`John M. Caracappa
`Reg. No. 43,532
`jcaracap@steptoe.com
`Tremayne M. Norris
`(Reg. No. 58,683)
`tnorris@steptoe.com
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20036-1795
`Telephone: 202-429-3000
`Facsimile: 202-429-3902
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`Counsel for Realtek Semiconductor
`Corporation
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