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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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`APPLE INC.
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`Petitioner,
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`California Institute of Technology
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`Patent Owner
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`IPR Trial No. IPR2017-00211
`U.S. Patent No. 7,116,710
`Filed: November 15, 2016
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`IPR2017-00211
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`Apple Inc. (“Petitioner” or “Apple”) hereby requests a refund of the $20,400
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`post-institution fee that was previously paid in connection with IPR2017-00211.
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`On November 15, 2016, Petitioner filed a petition for inter partes review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,116,710 and paid the USPTO a total of $31,600 at the time of
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`filing, which included a $20,400 payment for the post-institution fee required
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`under 37 C.F.R. §42.15(a)(1)-(2). The filed inter partes review petition was
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`denied institution on June 30, 2017. (Paper 17.)
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`Petitioner is entitled to request a refund of the post-institution fee that was
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`previously paid and is entitled to this refund. See e.g., 78 Fed. Reg. 4233 (Jan. 18,
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`2013) available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-18/pdf/2013-
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`00819.pdf (stating that “[t]he entire post-institution fee would be returned to the
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`petitioner if the Office does not institute a review.”).
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`For at least the reasons set forth above, Apple respectfully requests a refund
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`of the $20,400 post-institution fee previously paid by Apple.
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`The refund may be deposited in Deposit Account No. 08-0219 under
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`attorney reference number 1033300-00287US2.
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`Dated: April 5, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Richard Goldenberg/
`Richard Goldenberg
`Registration No. 38,895
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that, on April 5, 2019, I caused a true and correct copy of the
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`following materials:
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` Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`to be served on counsel for Patent Owner by electronic mail to the following email
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`addresses:
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`Michael T. Rosato
`mrosato@wsgr.com
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`Matthew A. Argenti
`margenti@wsgr.com
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`Richard Torczon
`rtorczon@wsgr.com
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`Kevin P.B. Johnson
`kevinjohnson@quinnemanuel.com
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`Todd M. Briggs
`toddbriggs@quinnemanuel.com
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`/Christopher R. O’Brien/
`Christopher R. O’Brien
`Registration No. 63,208
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