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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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`ZTE CORPORATION and ZTE (USA) INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`MAXELL, LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00235
`Patent 6,748,317 B2
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Petitioner respectfully requests a refund of post-institution fees in the
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`amount of $14,000 to be paid to Deposit Account No. 03-3975.
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`On November 22, 2017, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board (“USPTO”) for the review of U.S. Patent No. 6,748,317. As required by
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.15(b), Petitioner deposited $23,000 with the USPTO at the time
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`of filing the Petition to cover associated fees. Petitioner’s payment consisted of
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`$9,000 in fees associated with the request for Inter Partes Review, and a further
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`$14,000 in post-institution fees.
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`On June 1, 2018, the Board issued a Decision denying institution of
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`IPR2018-00235. (Paper 9.) Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund of the
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`Post-Institution Fee of $14,000, to be paid to deposit account number 03-3975
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`(referencing Attorney Docket No. 022807-0000083).
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`Date: June 21, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
`By: /Steven A. Moore/
`Steven A. Moore, Reg. No. 55,462
`Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
`501 W. Broadway, Suite 1100
`San Diego, CA 92102
`Tel.: 619-544-3112
`Fax: 619-236-1995
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES was served on
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`June 21, 2018 by electronic mail on the following:
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`Robert G. Pluta
`Amanda S. Bonner
`MAYER BROWN, LLP
`71 S. Wacker Drive
`Chicago, IL 60606
`rpluta@mayerbrown.com
`asbonner@mayerbrown.com
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`Jamie B. Beaber
`James A. Fussell
`Bryan C. Nese
`Saqib J. Siddiqui
`MAYER BROWN, LLP
`Mayer Brown, LLP 1999 K Street NW Washington DC, 20006
`jbeaber@mayerbrown.com
`jfussell@mayerbrown.com
`bnese@mayerbrown.com
`ssiddiqui@mayerbrown.com
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`By: /Steven A. Moore/
`Steven A. Moore, Reg. No. 55,462
`Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
`501 W. Broadway, Suite 1100
`San Diego, CA 92102
`Tel.: 619-544-3112
`Fax: 619-236-1995
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