`U.S. Patent No. 8,023,580
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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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`Petitioner,
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`REMBRANDT WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES, LP,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2020-00033
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,023,580
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR
`REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (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 18-1945, under Order No. 104677-5027-651.
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`IPR2020-00033
`U.S. Patent No. 8,023,580
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`On November 5, 2019, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,023,580 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2020-00033. In accordance with the fee schedule
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`specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the
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`amount of $30,500.00 with the Board at the time of filing of the Petition, including
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`a $15,500 payment for the inter partes review request fee and a $15,000 payment
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`for the post-institution fee.
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`On April 16, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`Terminating Due to Settlement Prior to Institution of inter partes review.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $15,000.00 for the post-
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`institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in connection with this proceeding.
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`Dated: April 21, 2020
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`/Gabrielle E. Higgins/
`Gabrielle E. Higgins (Reg. No. 38,916)
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284
`Phone: 650-617-4000
`Fax: 617-235-9492
`gabrielle.higgins@ropesgray.com
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`Attorney for APPLE INC.
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`By:
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`IPR2020-00033
`U.S. Patent No. 8,023,580
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES was served in its
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`entirety by causing the aforementioned document to be electronically mailed,
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`pursuant to the parties’ agreement to the following attorneys of record for the Patent
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`Owner listed below:
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`Jason Shapiro
`Mark J. DeBoy
`Edell, Shapiro and Finnan, LLC
`9801 Washingtonian Boulevard
`Suite 750
`Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
`js@usiplaw.com
`mjd@usiplaw.com
`Tel: (301) 424-3640
`Fax: (301) 762-4056
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`Nancy Linck
`646 Westbourne Street
`La Jolla, CA 92037
`nancylinck@outlook.com
`Tel: (858) 255-8043
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`Counsel for Patent Owner Rembrandt Wireless Technologies, LP
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`Dated: April 21, 2020
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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`By: /Crena Pacheco/
`Name: Crena Pacheco
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