`Date Filed: February 13, 2017
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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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`VIZIO, Inc.
`Petitioner
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`Personalized Media Communications, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case No.: IPR2017-00142
`Patent No.: 7,752,649
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Pursuant to the Office’s procedure and fee schedule (37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)),
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`Petitioner VIZIO, Inc. (“VIZIO”) requests a refund of post-institution fees in the
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`amount of $21,600.
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`On October 26, 2016, Petitioner filed a petition (see Paper 1) for inter partes
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`review of U.S. Patent No. 7,752,649 requesting review of thirty-four (34) claims.
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`Petitioner paid a fee of $33,400.00, including (i) $9,000.00 for an inter partes
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`review request fee pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(1); (ii) $14,000.00 for an inter
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`partes review post-institution fee pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2); (iii)
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`$2,800.00 for requesting review of fourteen (14) claims in excess of twenty (20)
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`claims pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(3); and (iv) $7,600.00 for requesting
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`review of nineteen (19) claims in excess of fifteen (15) claims pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(4).
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`On January 5, 2017, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate the
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`Proceedings. See Paper 7. The Board granted the parties’ motion on January 24,
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`2017. See Paper 9. In accordance with the Office’s procedure,1 Petitioner requests
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`a refund of $21,600.00 for the fees paid by Petitioner for items (ii) and (iv) above,
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`to be paid to Deposit Account No. 50-2310.
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`1 See https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-patent-
`decisions/trials/patent-review-processing-system-prps-0#heading-10, FAQs E7 and
`G10, last visited Jan. 27, 2017.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Cono A. Carrano
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`Cono A. Carrano (Reg. No. 39,623)
`David C. Vondle (Reg. No. 54,515)
`Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
`1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
`Washington, D.C. 20036
`Phone: (202) 887-4000
`Fax: (202) 887-4288
`Attorneys For VIZIO, Inc.
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`Dated: February 13, 2017
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that it caused to be
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`served a true and correct copy of the foregoing PETITIONER’S REQUEST
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`FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES on Patent Owner’s counsel of
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`record via email as follows:
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`Dmitry Kheyfits
`dkheyfits@kheyfits.com
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`Andrey Belenky
`abelenky@kheyfits.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Cono A. Carrano
`Cono A. Carrano (Reg. No. 39,623)
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`Date: February 13, 2017
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