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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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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`TRACBEAM, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-01723
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`Patent 7,525,484 B2
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fee
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`IPR2018-01723
`Patent No. 7,525,484
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`Petitioner Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Petitioner”) hereby files its request for a
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`refund of the $15,000 post-institution fee that was previously paid.
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`On September 14, 2018, Petitioner filed a petition for inter partes review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,525,484 B2 and paid the USPTO a total of $30,500, which
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`included a $15,500 payment for the inter partes review request fee and a $15,000
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`payment for the post-institution fee.
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`The petition was granted a filing date of September 14, 2018. (Paper No. 3).
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`On November 26, 2018 Petitioner filed an Unopposed Joint Motion to Dismiss
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`Petition (Paper 6), authorized by the Board via email on November 16, 2018, to
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`dismiss its IPR petition and terminate IPR2018-01723 regarding U.S. Patent No.
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`7,525,484 B2 in which Patent Owner Tracbeam, LLC conferred. The Board
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`subsequently entered an Order Dismissing the Proceeding (Paper 8), in which the
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`Board terminated the proceeding as to all parties. Accordingly, the inter partes
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`review was never instituted.
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`Therefore, because the petition to institute inter partes review was filed after
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`March 19, 2013, and the proceeding did not institute, Petitioner is entitled to request
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`a refund of the post-institution fee that was previously paid. See e.g., 78 FR 4233
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`(January 18, 2013) available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-
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`18/pdf/2013-00819.pdf (“The entire post-institution fee would be returned to the
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`petitioner if the Office does not institute a review.”).
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`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fee
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`IPR2018-01723
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`Petitioner hereby requests a refund of the $15,000 post-institution fee
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`previously paid by Petitioner. The refund may be deposited in Deposit Account No.
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`08-1394 of Haynes and Boone, LLP under attorney reference number
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`43614.321US01.
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`Dated: January 28, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/David L. McCombs/
`David L. McCombs
`Counsel for Petitioner
`Reg. No. 32,271
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Cisco Systems, Inc.
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`Petitioner
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`Tracbeam, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`IPR2018-01723
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,525,484 B2
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, that service
`was made on the Patent Owner as detailed below.
`Date of service January 28, 2019
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`Manner of service Electronic Service by E-Mail: Sean@Dovel.com;
`Ssereboff@socalip.com
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`Documents served Petitioner’s Request for Post-Institution Fees
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`Persons served Sean A. Luner
`DOVEL & LUNER, LLP
`201 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 600
`Santa Monica, CA 90401
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`Steven C. Sereboff
`SOCAL IP LAW GROUP LLP
`310 N. Westlake Blvd., Suite 120
`Westlake Village, CA 91362
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`/David L. McCombs/
`David L. McCombs
`Counsel for Petitioner
`Registration No. 32,271
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