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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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`PAYPAL, INC.
`UPWORK GLOBAL INC.
`SHOPIFY, INC.
`SHOPIFY (USA), INC.
`STRAVA, INC.
`VALASSIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
`RETAILMENOT, INC.
`DOLLAR SHAVE CLUB, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
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`Patent Owners.
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`Case IPR2019-01111
`Patent 7,802,310
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313–1450
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`PayPal, Inc., Upwork Global Inc., Shopify, Inc., Shopify (USA), Inc.,
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`Strava, Inc., Valassis Communications, Inc., RetailMeNot, Inc., and Dollar Shave
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`Club, Inc. (collectively, “Petitioners”) request a refund of post-institution fees in
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`On May 20, 2019, Petitioners filed a Petition for Inter Partes review of U.S.
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`Patent 7,802,310. As required by 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioners deposited
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`$30,500.00 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) at the time of
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`filing the Petition to cover associated fees. Petitioners’ payment consisted of
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`$15,500.00 in fees associated with the request for Inter Partes review, and a
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`further $15,000.00 in post-institution fees. On March 16, 2020, the Board issued an
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`Order denying Petitioners’ Request for Rehearing (Paper 31). Inter Partes review
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`was not instituted.
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`Because the proceeding was not instituted, Petitioners hereby request a
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`refund of the post-institution fees paid to the USPTO in connection with the
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`proceeding, totaling $15,000.00. Payment of the fee was processed through
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`Financial Manage and posted to the deposit account for Kirkland & Ellis, deposit
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`Upon review and approval of this request, Petitioners respectfully request
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`Dated: May 8, 2020
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`353 N. Clark Street, 12th Floor
`Chicago, IL 60654
`bray@kslaw.com
`(312) 995-6333 (reception)
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`KING & SPALDING LLP
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`/Brent P. Ray/
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`Brent P. Ray
`Registration No. 54,390
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`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONERS’
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES, was served via
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`electronic mail on May 8, 2020, in its entirety on the following:
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`Joseph A. Rhoa
`Jonathan A. Roberts
`Mark H. Henderson III
`NIXON & VANDERHYE P.C.
`901 N. Glebe Road, 11th Floor
`Arlington, VA 22203-1808
`Email: jar@nixonvan.com
`Email: jr@nixonvan.com
`Email: mhh@nixonvan.com
`Email: lmm@nixonvan.com
`Tel.: (703) 816-4043
`Fax: (703) 816-4100
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`/Brent P. Ray/
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`Brent P. Ray (Registration No. 54,390)
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`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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`KING & SPALDING LLP
`353 N. Clark Street, 12th Floor
`Chicago, IL 60654
`bray@kslaw.com
`(312) 995-6333 (reception)
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