`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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`KOSS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2021-00686
`Patent 10,491,982
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Proceeding No. IPR2021-00686
`Attorney Docket No. 50095-0019IP2
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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., requests a refund in the amount of $22,500 to be credited to Deposit
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`Account Number 06-1050.
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`On March 22, 2021, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,491,982 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2021-00686. 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 $19,000 with the Board at the time of filing its Petition to cover
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`associated fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and $22,500 in Post-
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`Institution fees.
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`On October 12, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`denying institution of this proceeding. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in
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`the amount of $22,500 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO
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`and requests that the refund be credited to Deposit Account No. 06-1050.
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` Respectfully submitted,
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` / Roberto J. Devoto /
`W. Karl Renner, Reg. No. 41,265
`Roberto Devoto, Reg. No. 55,108
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`T: 202-783-5070
`F: 877-769-7945
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`12/9/21
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`Dated:
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(1), the undersigned certifies that on
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`December 9, 2021, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request for
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`Refund of Post-Institution Fees was provided via email to the Patent Owner by
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`serving the email correspondence addresses of record as follows:
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`Mark G. Knedeisen, Reg. No. 42,747
`Laurén Murray, Reg. No. 67,462
`Brian P. Bozzo, Reg. No. 77,190
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`K&L GATES LLP
`K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue
`Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
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`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
`lauren.murray@klgates.com
`brian.bozzo@klgates.com
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`/Crena Pacheco/
`Crena Pacheco
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(617) 956-5938
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