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`Entered: April 8, 2019
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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00411
`U.S. Patent No. 8,213,970
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`IPR2019-00411 (USP 8,213,970)
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`Petitioner’s Request for Refund
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`On December 7, 2018, Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition for Inter
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`Partes Review (IPR2019-00411) seeking review of claims 1 and 3-9 of U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,213,970. Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.15(a)(2) and (4), Petitioner’s paid fees
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`totaling $30,500 which included a $15,000 payment for the post-institution fee.
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`On April 3, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”)
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`dismissed the petition without instituting review. (Paper 10).
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`Therefore, because the Petition for Inter Partes review was filed after March
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`19, 2013, and the proceeding was not instituted, Petitioner is entitled to request a
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`refund of the post-institution fee that was previously paid. See, e.g., 78 Fed. Reg.
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`4212, 4233 (Jan. 18, 2013), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-
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`01-18/pdf/2013-00819.pdf (“The entire post-institution fee would be returned to
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`the petitioner if the Office does not institute a review.”).
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`Upon review and approval of the request, Petitioner respectfully asks the
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`Board to credit $15,000 to Petitioner’s by depositing such amount into PTO
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Deposit Account No. 506269 of Latham & Watkins LLP.
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`Dated: April 8, 2019
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`By: / Matthew J. Moore /
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`Matthew J. Moore (Reg. No. 42,012)
`Jonathan M. Strang (Reg. No. 61,724)
`Robert Steinberg (Reg. No. 33,144)
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, NW, Ste. 1000
`Washington, DC 20004-1304
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`IPR2019-00411 (USP 8,213,970)
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`Petitioner’s Request for Refund
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`Tel.: 202.637.2200
`matthew.moore@lw.com
`jonathan.strang@lw.com
`bob.steinberg@lw.com
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`Lisa K. Nguyen (Reg. No. 58,018)
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`140 Scott Drive
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Tel.: 650.470.4848
`lisa.nguyen@lw.com
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`IPR2019-00411 (USP 8,213,970)
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`Petitioner’s Request for Refund
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I certify that on this 8th day of April, 2019,
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`a copy of Petitioner’s Request for Refund was served by electronic mail on
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`Patent Owner’s lead and backup counsel at the following email addresses:
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`Vincent J. Rubino, III (Reg. No. 68,594)
`Alfred R. Fabricant (pro hac vice to be filed)
`Peter Lambrianakos (Reg. No. 58,279)
`Enrique W. Iturralde (Reg. No. 72,883)
`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`212.209.4800
`vrubino@brownrudnick.com
`afabricant@brownrudnick.com
`plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
`eiturralde@brownrudnick.com
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`By: / Matthew J. Moore /
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`Matthew J. Moore (Reg. No. 42,012)
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, NW, Ste. 1000
`Washington, DC 20004-1304
`202.637.2200
`matthew.moore@lw.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner
`Apple Inc.
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