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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`LIMESTONE MEMORY SYSTEMS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01567
`Patent No. 5,894,441
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
`OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) requests a refund of post-institution fees
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`in the amount of $14,000.00.
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`On August 12, 2016, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,894,441. As required by 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner
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`deposited $23,000.00 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) at the
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`time of filing the petition to cover associated fees. Petitioner’s payment consisted
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`of $9,000.00 in fees associated with the request for Inter Partes Review, and a
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`further $14,000.00 in post-institution fees.
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`On January 18, 2017, the Board issued a Decision Denying Institution of
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`Inter Partes Review (Paper No. 11). Inter Partes Review was thus not instituted.
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`On March 20, 2017, the Board issued a Decision Denying Petitioner’s Request for
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`Rehearing (Paper No. 13). Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund of the post-
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`institution fees paid to the USPTO in connection with this proceeding, totaling
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`$14,000.00, to be paid to Deposit Account No. 600701.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/John R. Hutchins/
`John R. Hutchins (Reg. No. 43,686)
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`Dated: April 10, 2017
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`John R. Hutchins (Reg. No. 43,686)
`jhutchins@kenyon.com
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`1350 I Street, NW, Suite 1100
`Washington, DC 20005
`T: 202.662.2700
`F: 202.662.2739
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`Rose Cordero Prey (rcordero@kenyon.com)
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`One Broadway
`New York, NY 10004
`T: 212.425.7200
`F: 212.425.5288
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`Michael Zachary (mzachary@kenyon.com)
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`1801 Page Mill Road, Suite 210
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`T: 650.384.4700
`F: 650.384.4701
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, that a true
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`and correct copy of PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-
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`INSTITUTION FEES has been served on the Patent Owner’s attorneys of record
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`via email, on April 10, 2017 at the following addresses:
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`Nicholas T. Peters (Reg. No. 53,456)
`David A. Gosse (Reg. No. 61,511)
`Paul B. Henkelmann (Reg. No. 65,891)
`FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP
`120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603-3406
`Telephone: (312) 577-7000
`Facsimile: (312) 577-7007
`Email: LimestoneIPR@fitcheven.com
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`/John R. Hutchins/
`John R. Hutchins (Reg. No. 43,686)
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`Dated: April 10, 2017
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