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`KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC.,
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`POLARIS INNOVATIONS LTD and Wi-LAN INC.,
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`Case IPR2017-00238
`Patent 6,157,589
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Case IPR2017-00238
`Attorney Docket No: 37307-0005IP1
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner
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`Kingston Technology Company, Inc. (“Petitioner”), request a refund in the amount
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`of $14,000.00 to be paid to deposit account number 06-1050.
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`On November 10, 2016, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,157,589 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2017-00238. In accordance with the fee schedule
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`specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a) Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the
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`amount of $23,000.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover
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`associated fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, including the Inter
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`Partes Review Request Fee for $9000.00, and a further $14,000.00 in Post-
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`Institution fees for the Inter Partes Review Post-Institution Fee.
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`On May 2, 2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a
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`refund in the amount of $14,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to
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`the USPTO in connection with that proceeding.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: May 31, 2017
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` /David Hoffman/
`David Hoffman (Reg. No. 54,174)
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`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Tel: (512) 226-8154
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`IPR37307-0005IP1@fr.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) and 42.205(b), the undersigned certifies
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`that on May 31, 2017, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request for
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`Refund of Post-Institution Fees was provided via email to the Patent Owner by
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`serving the correspondence email address of record as follows:
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`Kenneth J. Weatherwax
`Nathan Lowenstein
`LOWENSTEIN & WEATHERWAX LLP
`1880 Century Park East, Suite 815
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
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`Email: PolarInnovs_IPRs@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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`Christine L. Rogers
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
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