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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Apple Inc.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`OpenTV, Inc.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2016-00971
`Patent No. 6,148,081
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`Before JAMESON LEE, SALLY C. MEDLEY, and
`MICHAEL R. ZECHER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF FEES
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`IPR2016-00971
`U.S. Patent No. 6,148,081
`Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) hereby requests a refund of the $14,000 post-
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`institution fee that it previously paid. Petitioner filed a petition for inter partes
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`review of U.S. Patent No. 6,148,081 on April 28, 2016, and paid the USPTO
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`$23,000 on that date, including a $9,000 payment for the inter partes review
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`request fee and a $14,000 payment for the post-institution fee, as required by 37
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`CFR § 42.15(a)(2). On August 25, 2016, the Board terminated this proceeding, as
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`requested in the parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding filed August 4,
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`2016 (Paper 7), noting that no decision on whether to institute a trial was made.
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`See Paper 14.
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`Based on the termination of this proceeding before institution, Petitioner
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`requests a refund in the amount of the post-institution fees that it paid for post-
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`institution services. See 78 FR 4212, 4233 (January 18, 2013), available at
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`http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/aia_implementation/AC54_Final_Rule_Se
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`tting78FR4212-2013JAN18.pdf (“This fee would be returned to the petitioner if
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`the Office does not institute a review.”); FAQ E7, available at
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`http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-patent-
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`decisions/trials/patent-review-processing-system-prps-0 (“[T]he petitioner may file
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`in PRPS a request for a refund of any post-institution fee paid.”).
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`IPR2016-00971
`U.S. Patent No. 6,148,081
`Accordingly, Petitioner hereby requests a refund of the $14,000 post-
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`institution fee that it previously paid. The refund may be deposited in Deposit
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`Account No. 50-0639.
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`Dated: October 26, 2016
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/s/ Mark E. Miller
`Mark E. Miller
`USPTO Reg. No. 31401
`O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
`San Francisco, California 94111-3823
`Telephone: (415) 984-8700
`Facsimile: (415) 984-8701
`Email: markmiller@omm.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
`Apple Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on October 26, 2016, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Fees to be served on the following
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`counsel of record via Express mail and email directed to attorneys of record for
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`Patent Owner as follows:
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`Joshua L. Goldberg
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`Daniel G. Chung
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` FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
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`901 New York Avenue, NW
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`Washington, DC 20001-4413
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`josha.goldberg@finnegan.com
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`daniel.chung@finnegan.com
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`Erika H. Arner
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` FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
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`11955 Freedom Drive
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`Reston, VA 20190-5675
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`erika.arner@finnegan.com
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`/s/ Mark E. Miller
`Mark E. Miller (Reg. No. 31,401)