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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BLUEHOUSE GLOBAL LTD.
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`Petitioner
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`SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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`Patent Owner
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`CASE IPR2018-01393
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 9,293,545 B2
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
`OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`IPR2018-01393
`U.S. PATENT NO. 9,293,545 B2
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`Petitioner BlueHouse Global Ltd. hereby requests refund of its post-
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`institution fees in the amount of $15,000 deposited in the above matter on July 13,
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`2018 for the following reasons:
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`Petitioner filed its Petition for Inter Partes Review on July 13, 2018 in
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`the above matter. At that time, Petitioner deposited with the PTAB the Inter
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`Partes Review request and post-institution fees in the total amount of $31,100.
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`The fees were charged to Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP’s deposit account number
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`501438.
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`2.
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`On January 10, 2019, the PTAB terminated Inter Partes Review
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`IPR2018-01393 by entering adverse judgment against Petitioner. The PTAB did
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`not institute a trial in IPR2018-01393.
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`3.
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`Petitioner is entitled to the requested refund because the post-
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`institution fee is only for use by the PTAB should the PTAB institute a trial. The
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`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office expressly provided for return of this fee in its fee
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`rulemaking. The fee is to be returned when the Office does not institute a review:
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`“Th[e post-institution] fee would be returned to the petitioner if the Office does not
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`institute a review.” 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4233 (Jan. 18, 2013); see also Frequently
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`Asked Questions, E7, PTABE2E, July 11, 2016.
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`IPR2018-01393
`U.S. PATENT NO. 9,293,545 B2
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner requests refund of the post-institution
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`fee of $15,000 and post-institution request of each claim in excess of 15 fee of
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`$600 (i.e. total post-institution fees of $15,600).
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`Dated: January 15, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Ryan O. White /
` Ryan O. White
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` Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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