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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`V.
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR20I5-01710
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`Patent 7,224,668
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`PETITIONER REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Case lPR20l5-01710
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`Attorney Docket No: 40963-0006IP2
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Off1ce’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., requests a refund in the amount of $33,600 to be credited to
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`Deposit Account Number 06-1050.
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`On August 11, 2015, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,224,668 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2015-01710. 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 $17,800 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 $33,600
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`in Post—lnstitution fees.
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`On March 29, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`denying institution of this proceeding. On March 29, 2016, the Board denied
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`Petitioner’s request for rehearing.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $33,600 for the
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`post—institution fees that it has 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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`Case lPR20l5—0l7l0
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`Attorney Docket No: 40963—0O06IP2
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Date:
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`W. Karl Renner
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`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`Telephone: (202) 783-5070
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`Case IPR20l5-01710
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`Attorney Docket No: 40963-0006IP2
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e)(4), the undersigned certifies that on June 8,
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`2016, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-
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`Institution Fees was provided Via email to the Patent Owner by serving the
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`correspondence email addresses of record as follows:
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`Lori A. Gordon
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`Robert Greene Sterne
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`Daniel S. Block
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`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.L.L.C.
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`l 100 New York Avenue, NW
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`Washington, DC 20005
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`Email:
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`lgordon-PTAB@,sl<gf.com
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`Email: rsteme—PTAB@sl<gi‘.com
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`Email: dblock-PTAB sk f.com
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`Email: ptab@,skgf.com
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`/Edward G. Faeth/
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`Edward G. Faeth
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`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
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`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`(202) 626-6420