`U.S. Patent No. 8,209,634
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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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`FACEBOOK, INC., INSTAGRAM, LLC and WHATSAPP INC.,
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`BLACKBERRY LIMITED,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2019-00924
`U.S. Patent No. 8,209,634
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST INSTITUTION FEES
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`IPR2019-00924
`U.S. Patent No. 8,209,634
`Petitioners Facebook, Inc., Instagram, LLC and WhatsApp Inc., hereby
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`request refund of their post-institution fees in the amount of $15,000 deposited in
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`the above proceeding on April 4, 2019 for the foregoing reasons:
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`Petitioners filed their Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent
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`no. 8,209,634 on April 4, 2019. At that time Petitioners deposited with the PTAB
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`the inter partes request and inter partes post-institution fees in the amount of
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`$30,500. The fees were charged to Cooley LLP’s account number 50-1283.
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`2.
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`On October 9, 2019, The Board denied the Petitioners’ Petition for
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`Inter Partes Review (Paper No. 15).
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`3.
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`Petitioners will not be filing a Request for Rehearing.
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioners request reimbursement of the post-
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`institution fees of $15,000.
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`Dated: October 24, 2019
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`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
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`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel: (650) 843-5001
`Fax: (650) 849-7400
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`By:
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Heidi L. Keefe /
`Heidi L. Keefe
`Reg. No. 40,673
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`IPR2019-00924
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`I hereby certify, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. Section 42.6, that a complete copy of
`the attached REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES and
`related documents, are being served via electronic mail on the 24th day of October,
`2019, upon Patent Owner by serving its counsel of record as follows:
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`Michael T. Hawkins
`IPR21828-0047IP1@fr.com
`hawkins@fr.com
`Kenneth W. Darby
`Kim Leung
`Craig A. Deutsch
`Nicholas Stephens
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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`James M. Glass (Reg. No. 46,729)
`Ogi Zivojnovic (Reg. No. 69,516)
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
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`SULLIVAN LLP
`qe-blackberry-ipr@quinnemanuel.com
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`DATED: October 24, 2019
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`/ Heidi L. Keefe/
` Heidi L. Keefe
`Reg. No. 40,673
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