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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
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`GUI GLOBAL PRODUCTS, LTD.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2021-01291
`Patent 10,562,077
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Atty. Dkt. 50095-0030IP2
`U.S. Patent No. 10,562,077
`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 July 30, 2021, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 10,562,077 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was assigned
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`case number IPR2021-01291. In accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the amount of
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`$19,000 with the Board at the time of filing its Petition to cover associated fees
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`with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and $22,500 in Post-Institution fees.
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`On February 1, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision -
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`Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review in this proceeding. Accordingly,
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`Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $22,500 for the post-institution fees
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`that it has paid to the USPTO and requests that the refund be credited to Deposit
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`Account No. 06-1050.
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`Dated: March 3, 2022
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`Atty. Dkt. 50095-0030IP2
`U.S. Patent No. 10,562,077
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Kenneth Wayne Darby Jr./
`W. Karl Renner, Reg. No. 41,265
`Andrew B. Patrick, Reg. No. 63,471
`Kenneth Wayne Darby Jr., Reg. No. 65,068
`Kim Leung, Reg. No. 64,399
`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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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Atty. Dkt. 50095-0030IP2
`U.S. Patent No. 10,562,077
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on March 3, 2022,
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`a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution
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`Fees was provided via email to the Patent Owner by serving the correspondence
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`email addresses of record as follows:
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`John J. Edmonds, Reg. No. 56,184
`EDMONDS & SCHLATHER, PLLC
`2501 Saltus Street
`Houston, TX 77003
`jedmonds@ip-lit.com
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`Tarek N. Fahmi, Reg. No. 41,402
`Ascenda Law Group, PC
`2150 N. First St., Suite 420
`San Jose, CA 95131
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
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`Stephen F. Schlather, Reg. No. 45,081
`EDMONDS & SCHLATHER, PLLC
`2501 Saltus Street
`Houston, TX 77003
`sschlather@ip-lit.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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