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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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`VELOCITY PATENT LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-01723
`Patent 5,954,781
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Case IPR2017-01723
`Our Ref. 43930-0004IP1
`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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`Unified Patents, Inc. requests a refund in the amount of $14,000.00 to be paid to
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`deposit account number 06-1050.
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`On July 26, 2017, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 5,954,781 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was assigned
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`case number IPR2017-01723. In accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the amount of
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`$9,000.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover associated
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`fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and a further $14,000.00 in Post-
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`Institution fees.
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`On January 19, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`Denying Institution. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of
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`$14,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in connection
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`with this proceeding.
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`Dated: February 15, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/C.Eric Schulman/
`C. Eric Schulman, Reg. No. 43,350
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`Attorney for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) et seq. and 42.205(b), the undersigned
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`certifies that on February 15, 2018, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees was provided via electronic service, to
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`the Patent Owner by serving the correspondence address of record as follows:
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`Howard E. Levin
`James A. Shimota
`Thomas B. King
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`180 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2215
`Chicago, IL 60601
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`Email: howard.levin.ipr@haynesboone.com
` jim.shimota@haynesboone.com
` ipr.thomas.king@haynesboone.com
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`/Diana Bradley/
`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(858) 678-5667
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