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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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`ZTE (USA) Inc.
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`Petitioner
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`Bell Northern Research LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case No.: IPR2019-01438
`U.S. Patent No. 8,416,862
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
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`IPR2019-01438
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`Petitioner ZTE (USA) Inc. (“Petitioner”) requests a refund in the amount of
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`$15,000 to be paid to deposit account number 50-0417.
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`On August 2, 2019, Petitioner filed a Petition for inter partes review of
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`claims 9-12 of U.S. Patent No. 8,416,862 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`that was assigned case number IPR2019-01438. In accordance with the fee
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`schedule specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), at the time of filing, Petitioner
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`deposited an electronic payment in the amount of $15,500 to cover fees associated
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`with the request and a further $15,000 to cover post-institution fees.
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`On December 17, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a
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`decision to terminate IPR2019-01438 prior to institution (Paper 10). Accordingly,
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`Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $15,000 for the post-institution fees
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`that it has paid in connection with this proceeding.
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`IPR2019-01438
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`Date: January 2, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Amol A. Parikh/
`Amol A. Parikh (Reg. 60,671)
`amparikh@mwe.com
`jrbaker@mwe.com
`Charles M. McMahon (Reg. 44,926)
`cmcmahon@mwe.com
`Thomas M. DaMario (Reg. 77,142)
`tdamario@mwe.com
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
`444 W. Lake St., Suite 4000
`Chicago, IL 60606
`T: 312-372-2000
`F: 312-984-7700
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`Jiaxiao Zhang (Reg. No. 63,235)
`jiazhang@mwe.com
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
`18565 Jamboree Road, Suite 250
`Irvine, California 92612
`T: 949-757-6398
`F: 949-851-9348
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`IPR2019-01438
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true copy of the foregoing REQUEST FOR REFUND
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`was served in its entirety on January 2, 2020 by electronic mail on the Patent
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`Owner via its attorneys of record:
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`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
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`Steven W. Hartsell
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`BNR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`Alexander E. Gasser
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`BNR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`Paul J. Skiermont
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`BNR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`Sadaf R. Abdullah
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`BNR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`Mieke K. Malmberg
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`BNR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
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`/Amol A. Parikh/
`Amol A. Parikh
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`IPR2019-01438
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