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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.,
`TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 2K SPORTS, INC., and
`ROCKSTAR GAMES, INC.,
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`Petitioners
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`ACCELERATION BAY, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2016-00931
`Patent No. 6,701,344
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`Before the Honorable SALLY C. MEDLEY, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and WIL-
`LIAM M. FINK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`Petitioners, Activision Blizzard, Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Take-Two Inter-
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`active Software, Inc., 2K Sports, Inc., and Rockstar Games, Inc. (“Petitioners”),
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`hereby request a refund of the $14,000 post-institution fee that they previously
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`paid. Petitioners filed a petition for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No.
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`6,701,344 on April 21, 2016, and paid the USPTO $23,000 on that date, including
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`a $9,000 payment for the inter partes review request fee and a $14,000 payment
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`for the post-institution fee, as required by 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2). The Board de-
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`nied institution of the inter partes review petition on June 23, 2016 (Paper No. 13).
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`Based on this denial of institution, Petitioners are entitled to a refund of the post-
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`institution fee. See, e.g., 78 FR 4233 (January 18, 2013) available at
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`http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-18/pdf/2013-00819.pdf (“if the review
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`is not instituted at all, the portion of the fee covering the trial would be returned”).
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`For at least the foregoing reasons, Petitioners hereby request a refund of the
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`$14,000 post-institution fee that they previously paid. The refund may be deposit-
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`ed in Account No. 18-1945 under Order No. 109869-0003-658.
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`Dated: July 1, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /J. Steven Baughman/
`J. Steven Baughman (lead counsel)
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing PETITIONERS’
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST- INSTITUTION FEE was served on July
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`1, 2016 in its entirety by causing the aforementioned document to be electronically
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`mailed, pursuant to the parties’ agreement, to the following attorneys of record for
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`the Patent Owner listed below:
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`James Hannah
`Michael Lee
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`(650) 752-1700
`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
`mhlee@kramerlevin.com
`svdocketing@kramerlevin.com
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`Shannon Hedvat
`Jeffrey Price
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`1177 Avenue of the Americas
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