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`Patent No. 7,650,015
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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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01231
`Patent 7,650,015
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`Before JONI Y. CHANG, MIRIAM L. QUINN, and
`SHEILA F. McSHANE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF FEES
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`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.,
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`(“Petitioner”) hereby requests a refund of the $14,000 post-institution fee that it
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`previously paid. Petitioner filed a petition for inter partes review of U.S. Patent
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`No. 7,650,015 on March 31, 2017, and paid the USPTO $23,000 on that date,
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`including a $9,000 payment for the inter partes review request fee and a $14,000
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`payment for the post-institution fee, as required by 37 C.F.R. §42.15(a)(2). On
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`July 24, 2017, the Board granted Parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding.
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`See Paper 9.
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`Based on the Board’s decision, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of
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`the post-institution fees that it paid for post-institution services. See 78 FR 4212,
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`4233 (January 18, 2013), available at http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/
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`aia_implementation/AC54_Final_Rule_Setting78FR4212-2013JAN18.pdf (“The
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`entire post-institution fee would be returned to the petitioner if the Office does not
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`institute a review.”); FAQ E7, available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-
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`application-process/appealing-patent decisions/trials/patent-review-processing-
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`system-prps-0 (“[T]he petitioner may file in PRPS a request for a refund of any
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`post-institution fee paid.”).
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`Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board refund to
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`Deposit Account number 50-2862 the $14,000 post-institution fee that Petitioner
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`previously paid.
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`IPR2017-01231
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`Dated: July 25, 2017
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/s/ John Kappos
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`John Kappos (Reg. No. 37,861)
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`Michael N. Zachary
`ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP
`1801 Page Mill Road, Suite 210
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`MichaelZachary@AndrewsKurthKenyon.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) and § 42.105 that
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`on July 25, 2017, a true and correct copy of this PETITIONER’S REQUEST
`FOR REFUND OF FEES was served via Priority Mail Express® on the
`Petitioner at the following correspondence address of record:
`J. Rodman Steele, Jr.
`J. Rodman Steele, Jr.
`NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG LLP
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1500
`Boca Center Tower II
`Palm Beach, FL 33401
`5100 Town Center Circle, Suite 650
`Baca Raton, FL 33486
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`Courtesy copies were also sent to Patent Owner’s litigation counsel via electronic
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`Christopher J. Coulson
`Rose Cordero Prey
`Mark Chapman
`ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP
`One Broadway
`New York, NY 10004
`ChrisCoulson@AndrewsKurthKenyon.com
`RosePrey@AndrewsKurthKenyon.com
`MarkChapman@AndrewsKurthKenyon.com
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