`U.S. Patent 8,155,342
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`DOCKET NO.: 098173–0961653
`Filed on behalf of Unified Patents Inc.
`By: Paul C. Haughey, Reg. No. 31,836
`Scott Kolassa, Reg. No. 55,337
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, Eighth Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111–3834
`Tel: (415) 576–0200
`Email: phaughey@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Jonathan Stroud, Reg. No. 72,518
`Kevin Jakel, 58,790
`Unified Patents Inc.
`1875 Connecticut Av. NW, Floor 10
`Washington D.C., 20009
`Tel: (202) 805–8931
`Email: jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`BLITZSAFE TEXAS, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2016-00118
`Patent 8,155,342
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`PETITIONER’S UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`IPR2016-00118
`U.S. Patent 8,155,342
`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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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, 4234-35, Petitioner UNIFIED PATENTS,
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`INC. requests a refund in the amount of $20,000 to be paid to Deposit Account
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`ending in 1430.
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`On October 30, 2015, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`(“IPR”) with the USPTO that was assigned case number IPR2016-00118. In
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`accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(b), Petitioner
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`deposited a payment in the amount of $31,000 with the USPTO at the time of the
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`filing of the Petition to cover associated fees. Petitioner’s payment comprised
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`$20,000 for post-institution fees ($14,000 for the first 15 claims, and $6,000 for
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`fifteen (15) additional claims at $400 each).
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`On April 27, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered judgment
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`denying institution of the Inter Partes Review. See Paper No. 19.
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`IPR2016-00118
`U.S. Patent 8,155,342
`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested
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`Accordingly, Unified Patents, Inc. requests a refund in the amount of $20,000 for
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`the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in connection with this
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`proceeding, as no trial is instituted.
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`Date: May 24, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Paul C. Haughey/
`Paul C. Haughey, Reg. No. 31,836
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, Eighth Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111-3834
`Telephone: (415) 576-0200
`Fax: (415) 576-0300
`Email: phaughey@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`IPR2016-00118
`U.S. Patent 8,155,342
`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of this PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR POST-INSTITUTION FEES has been served via e-mail on
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`May 24, 2016, upon the following, identified as accepting service in Patent
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`Owner’s Updated Mandatory Notices filed January 20, 2016:
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`Peter Lambrianakos
`plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
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`Dated: May 24, 2016
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`By: /Paul C. Haughey/
`Paul C. Haughey, Reg. No. 31,836
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, Eighth Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111-3834
`Telephone: (415) 576-0200
`Fax: (415) 576-0300
`Email: phaughey@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Counsel for Petitioner
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