`Patent 8,933,945
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`Attorney Docket Number: 2211726.00125US1
`Filed on behalf of Unified Patents Inc.
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`By:
`Jonathan Stroud, Reg. No. 72,518
`Unified Patents Inc.
`1875 Connecticut Ave. 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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`ADVANCED SILICON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2016-01060
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`IPR2016-01060
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`Unified Patents Inc. (“Petitioner” or “Unified”) hereby files its request
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`for a refund of the $14,000 post-institution fee that was previously paid.
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`On May 19, 2016, Petitioner filed a petition for inter partes review of
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`U.S. Patent 8,933,945 and paid the USPTO a total of $23,000 at the time of
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`filing this petition, which
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`included a $14,000 payment for the post-
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`institution fee
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`required by 37 C.F.R. §42.15(a)(1)–(2). The parties
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`subsequently reached a settlement and filed a joint motion to terminate the
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`proceedings on October 6, 2016. On October 10, 2016, the Board entered a
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`Judgment, Termination of the Proceeding under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73, in which
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`the Board granted the parties' joint motion to terminate the proceeding and
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`thereby terminated the proceeding. The Board terminated the proceeding
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`before institution of the inter partes review. The Petitioner is entitled to
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`request a refund of the post-institution fee that was previously paid and is
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`entitled to this refund. See e.g., 78 Fed. Reg. 4233 (Jan. 18, 2013) available
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`at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-18/pdf/2013-00819.pdf (stating
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`that "The entire post-institution fee would be returned to the petitioner if the
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`Office does not institute a review."); Patent Review Processing System
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`(PRPS) FAQ at E7 available at http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/bpai/prps.jsp.
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`For at least the reasons sets forth above, Unified files its request for a
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`refund of the post-institution fee that was previously paid and hereby requests
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`a refund of the $14,000 post-institution fee previously paid by Unified. The
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`refund may be deposited in Deposit Account No. 08-0219 under attorney
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`docket reference number 2211726.00125US1.
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`Therefore, Unified respectfully requests a refund of the Inter Partes
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`Review IPR2016-01060 of U.S. Patent 8,933,945.
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`Date: October 11, 2016
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`Jonathan Stroud, Reg. No. 72,518
`Chief Patent Counsel
`Unified Patents Inc.
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`IPR2016-01060
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Request for Refund
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`for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent 8,933,945 was served on October 11,
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`2016 via electronic mail directed to the attorney of record for the patent at the
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`following
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`address:
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`arizk@mintz.com,
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`mtrenaud@mintz.com,
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`and
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`WAMeunier@mintz.com. Patent Owner has consented to electronic service.
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`Date: October 11, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Jonathan Stroud, Reg. No. 72,518
`Unified Patents Inc.
`1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Floor 10
`Washington, D.C., 20009
`Tel: (202) 805-8931
`Email: jonathan@unifiedpatents.com