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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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`GOOGLE LLC,
`Petitioner
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-01082
`U.S. Patent 9,445,251
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`THE POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`Case IPR2018-01082
`U.S. Patent 9,445,251
`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4211, 4233-34 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner
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`Google LLC requests a refund in the amount of $15,000.00 to be paid to deposit
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`account number 19-0036.
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`On November 20, 2018, the Board declined to institute inter partes review in
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`this proceeding (Case IPR2018-01082) (Paper No. 10). Accordingly, Petitioner
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`requests a refund of the post-institution fee of $15,000 that was previously charged
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`on a deposit account.
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`Petitioner’s deposit account number is 19-0036. The Rules provide for a
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`refund of the institution fee if the Board does not institute trial. Payment of the
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`$15,000.00 post-institution fee was processed through PTAB E2E on May 15,
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`2018. Accordingly, Petitioners request a refund in the amount of $15,000.00 for
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`the post-institution fee that it has paid to the USPTO in connection with this
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`proceeding.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Robert E. Sokohl/
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`Robert E. Sokohl (Reg. No. 36,013)
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Google LLC
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`Date: March 7, 2019
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`Case IPR2018-01082
`U.S. Patent 9,445,251
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF THE POST-INSTITUTION FEE was served
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`electronically via e-mail on March 7, 2019, in its entirety on the following:
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`Vincent J. Rubino, III (Lead Counsel)
`Alfred R. Fabricant (Back-up Counsel)
`Peter Lambrianakos (Back-up Counsel)
`Enrique W. Iturralde (Back-up Counsel)
`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
`vrubino@brownrudnick.com
`afabricant@brownrudnick.com
`plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
`eiturralde@brownrudnick.com
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Robert E. Sokohl/
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`Robert E. Sokohl (Reg. No. 36,013)
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Google LLC
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`Date: March 7, 2019
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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