`U.S. Patent No. 7,650,234
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`Filed on behalf of Unified Patents Inc.
`By: Ashraf A. Fawzy, Reg. 67,914
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`Jonathan Stroud, Reg. 72,518
`Unified Patents Inc.
`1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Floor 10
`Washington, DC, 20009
`Tel: (202) 871-0110
`Email: afawzy@unifiedpatents.com
`Email: jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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`Case IPR2017-01531
`Patent 7,650,234
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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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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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SILVER STATE INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2017-01531
`U.S. Patent No. 7,650,234
`Pursuant to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 F.R. 4211, 4233-4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner Unified
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`Patents Inc. (“Petitioner”) requests a refund in the amount of $20,000 to be paid to
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`deposit account number 50-6990.
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`On July 7, 2017, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review with the
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was assigned
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`case number IPR2017-01531. In accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37
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`C.F.R. §42.15, Petitioner submitted an electronic payment in the amount of $31,000
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`at the time of filing its Petition. Petitioner’s payment consisted of $11,000 in fees
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`associated with Petitioner’s Inter Partes Review request (i.e., $9,000 request fee and
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`a $2,000 request fee for claims in excess of 20), and a further $20,000 in Post-
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`Institution fees (i.e., $14,000 post-institution fee and a $6,000 post-institution fee for
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`claims in excess of 15).
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $20,000 for the
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`Post-Institution fees that it has paid to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in
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`connection with said proceeding.
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`Date: December 14, 2017
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/s/ Ashraf A. Fawzy
`Ashraf A. Fawzy
`Registration No. 67,914
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`IPR2017-01531
`U.S. Patent No. 7,650,234
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Petitioner’s
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`Request for Refund of Post Institution Fees was served on December 14, 2017 via
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`electronic mail directed to the attorney of record for the patent at the following
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`addresses:
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`gnuttall@koslaw.com;
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`dcavanagh@koslaw.com;
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`and
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`kos_docketing@koslaw.com. Patent Owner has consented to electronic service.
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`/s/ Ashraf A. Fawzy
`Ashraf A. Fawzy
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