`U.S. Patent No. 6,049,607
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`WAVES AUDIO, LTD
`Petitioner
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`ANDREA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2016-00461
`Patent 6,049,607
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`POST-INSTITUTION FEES
`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, and
`JEREMY M. PLENZLER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ZECHER, ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE.
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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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 Waves
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`Audio, Ltd. (“Petitioner”) hereby requests a refund in the amount of $14,000.00 to
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`be paid to PTO customer deposit account number 50-5159.
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`On January 14, 2016 Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent 6,049,607 (Claims 1-4, 8, 25-28 and 32) with the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board (“PTAB”), case number IPR2016-00461. 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 $23,000.00 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
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`Inter Partes Post-Institution Fee
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`$9,000.00
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`$14,000.00
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`TOTAL DEPOSIT
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`$23,000.00
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`On March 8, 2016, the Petitioner and Patent Owner jointly filed with the
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`PTAB a Motion to Terminate the IPR2016-00461 proceedings (Paper Nos. 6, 7). On
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`April 1, 2016, the PTAB Board issued a Decision to Terminate the IPR2016-00461
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`proceedings (Paper No. 8). Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount
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`of $14,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the PTAB in connection
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`with that proceeding.
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`Case: IPR2016-00461
`U.S. Patent No. 6,049,607
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`Date: April 11, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/J. Scott Denko/
`J. Scott Denko (Reg. No. 37,606)
`Patrick Stellitano (Reg. No. 42,169)
`DENKO LAUFF LLP
`1100 Norwood Tower
`114 West 7th St.
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 906-2074
`Facsimile: (512) 906-2075
`Denko@dcllegal.com
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`Counsel for Waves Audio Ltd.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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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 April 11, 2016 in its entirety on the following counsel by email:
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`George S. Haight, Reg. No. 54,146
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
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`haightg@pepperlaw.com
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`Andy H. Chan
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`333 Twin Dolphin Drive
`Suite 400
`Redwood City, CA 94065
`(650) 802-3602 (telephone)
`(650) 802-3650 (facsimile)
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`chana@pepperlaw.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/J. Scott Denko/
`J. Scott Denko (Reg. No. 37,606)
`Patrick Stellitano (Reg. No. 42,169)
`DENKO LAUFF LLP
`1100 Norwood Tower
`114 West 7th St.
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 906-2074
`Facsimile: (512) 906-2075
`Denko@dcllegal.com
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`Counsel for Waves Audio Ltd.
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`Date: April 11, 2016