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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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`ERICSSON INC.,
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC,
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`Patent Owner
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`IPR2019-01550
`U.S. Patent No. 7,016,676
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fee
`IPR2019-01550 / Patent No. 7,016,676
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`Petitioner Ericsson Inc. (“Petitioner”) hereby files its request for a refund of
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`the $15,000.00 post-institution fees which was previously paid.
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`On August 29, 2019, Petitioner filed a petition for inter partes review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,016,676 and paid the USPTO a total of $30,500.00, which included a
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`$15,500.00 payment for the inter partes review request fee and a $15,000.00
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`payment for the post-institution fee.
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`The petition was granted a filing date of September 19, 2019. (Paper No. 5).
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`On March 17, 2020 the Board entered a Decision – Denying Institution of Inter
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`Partes Review (Paper No. 8). Accordingly, the inter partes review was never
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`instituted.
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`Therefore, because the petition to institute inter partes review was filed after
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`March 19, 2013, and the proceeding did not institute, Petitioner is entitled to request
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`a refund of the post-institution fee that was previously paid. See, e.g., 78 FR 4233
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`at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-
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`18/pdf/2013-00819.pdf (“The entire post-institution fee would be returned to the
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`petitioner if the Office does not institute a review.”).
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`Petitioner hereby requests a refund of the $15,000.00 post-institution fee
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`previously paid by Petitioner. The refund may be deposited in Deposit Account No.
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`08-1394 of Haynes and Boone, LLP under attorney reference number
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`26069.63US01.
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`Dated: May 28, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/J. Andrew Lowes/
`J. Andrew Lowes
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Registration No. 40,706
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that a true and
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`correct copy of the foregoing “PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
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`POST-INSTITUTION FEES” was served on the Patent Owner as detailed below:
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`Date of service May 28, 2020
`Manner of service Electronic Mail to: ryan@etheridgelaw.com
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`jim@etheridgelaw.com
`jeff@etheridgelaw.com
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`Documents served PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-
`INSTITUTION FEES
`Persons Served Ryan Loveless
`Brett Mangrum
`James Etheridge
`Jeffrey Huang
`Etheridge Law Group
`2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Suite 120-324
`Southlake, TX 76092
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/J. Andrew Lowes/
`J. Andrew Lowes
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Registration No. 40,706
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