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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION,
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`NADER ASGHARI-KAMRANI and KAMRAN ASGHARI-KAMRANI,
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 8,266,432
`Case IPR2015-01842
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`PETITIONER REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Case IPR2015-01842
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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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`United Services Automobile Association, requests a refund in the amount of
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`$30,000 to be credited to Deposit Account Number 06-1050.
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`On September 1, 2015, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,266,432 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2015-01842. 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 $16,000 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 $30,000
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`in Post-Institution fees.
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`On February 26, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`denying institution of this proceeding. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in
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`the amount of $30,000 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in
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`connection with that proceeding and request that the refund be credited to Deposit
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`Account No. 06-1050.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Thomas A. Rozylowicz/
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`Thomas A. Rozylowicz
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` 3/18/2106
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`Case IPR2015-01842
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e)(1), the undersigned certifies that on March 18,
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`2016, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request for Refund was
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`provided via email, to the Patent Owner by serving the email correspondence
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`addresses of record as follows:
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`Reece Nienstadt
`Kyrstyna Colantoni
`Lei Mei
`Mei & Mark LLP
`P.O. Box 65981
`Washington, DC 20035
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`Email: rnienstadt@meimark.com
`Email: kcolantoni@meimark.com
`Email: mei@meimark.com
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`/Edward G. Faeth/
`Edward G. Faeth
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis MN 55402
`(202) 626-6420
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