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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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`ROKU, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2020-00953
`Patent No. 9,911,325 B2
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`THE POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Case IPR2020-00953
`U.S. Patent No. 9,911,325
`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4,211, 4,233-34 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner
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`requests a refund in the amount of $15,000.00 to be paid to deposit account
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`number 19-0036.
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`On May 18, 2020, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review seeking
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`review of claims 9, 11-15 of U.S. Patent No. 9,911,325 (assigned case number
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`IPR2020-00953) (Paper 4). On November 10, 2020, the Board issued a Decision
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`Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review and Denying Motion for Joinder (Paper
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`13). Trial was never instituted in this proceeding.
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`The Rules provide for a refund of the institution fee if the Board does not
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`institute trial. Payment of the $15,000.00 post-institution fee under 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.15(a)(2) in this proceeding was processed through PTAB E2E on May 18, 2020.
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`Relief requested:
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $15,000.00 for
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`the post-institution fee that it has paid to the USPTO in connection with this
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`proceeding.
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,911,325
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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` Lestin L. Kenton /
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`Lestin L. Kenton
`Registration No. 72,314
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`Date: May 12, 2023
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20008
`(202) 371-2600
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`Case IPR2020-00953
`U.S. Patent No. 9,911,325
`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF THE POST-
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`INSTITUTION FEE was served electronically via e-mail on May 12, 2023, in its
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`entirety on the following counsel for Patent Owner:
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`S. Benjamin Pleune (Lead Counsel)
`Ryan W. Koppleman (Back-up Counsel)
`Thomas W. Davison (Back-up Counsel)
`James H. Abe (Back-up Counsel)
`Caleb J. Bean (Back-up Counsel)
`Derek S. Neilson (Back-up Counsel)
`Nicholas T. Tsui (Back-up Counsel)
`Gary Jarosik (Back-up Counsel)
`James J. Lukas, Jr. (Back-up Counsel)
`Benjamin P. Gilford (Back-up Counsel)
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`ben.pleune@alston.com
`ryan.koppelman@alston.com
`tom.davison@alston.com
`james.abe@alston.com
`caleb.bean@alston.com
`derek.neilson@alston.com
`nick.tsui@alston.com
`jarosikg@gtlaw.com
`lukasj@gtlaw.com
`gilfordb@gtlaw.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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` Lestin L. Kenton /
`Lestin L. Kenton
`Registration No. 72,314
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`Date: May 12, 2023
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20008
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