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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.,
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`MPH TECHNOLOGIES OY,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2019-00822
`U.S. Patent No. 8,346,949
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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
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
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`Case IPR2019-00822
`U.S. Patent No. 9,346,949
`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4,211, 4,233-34 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner
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`Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) requests a refund in the amount of $15,000.00 to be paid
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`to deposit account number 19-0036.
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`On March 29, 2019, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`seeking review of claims 1-7, 9, 11-14, 20-21, and 27-29 of U.S. Patent No.
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`8,346,949 (assigned case number IPR2019-00822) (Paper 2). On October 7, 2019,
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`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board declined to institute trial in this Inter Partes
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`Review proceeding (Paper 7).
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`The Rules provide for a refund of the institution fee if the Board does not
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`institute trial. Payment of the $15,000.00 post-institution fee was processed
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`through PTAB E2E on March 29, 2019.
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`Relief requested:
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests 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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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Daniel S. Block/
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`Daniel S. Block
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Registration No. 68,395
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`Date: June 30, 2020
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF THE POST-
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`INSTITUTION FEE was served electronically via e-mail on June 30, 2020, in its
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`entirety on the following:
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`James T. Carmichael (Lead Counsel)
`Carmichael IP, PLLC
`jim@carmichaelip.com
`MPH-IPRs@carmichaelip.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Daniel S. Block/
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`Daniel S. Block
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Registration No. 68,395
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`Date: June 30, 2020
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`Washington, D.C. 200005
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`15205402.1
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