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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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`MEDIA CHAIN, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2022-00393
`Patent No. 10,860,691 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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`Case IPR2022-00393
`U.S. Patent No. 10,860,691
`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 $24,750.00 to be paid to deposit account
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`number 19-0036.
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`On January 10, 2022, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`seeking review of claims 1-23 of U.S. Patent No. 10,860,691 (assigned case
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`number IPR2022-00393) (Paper 2). On June 15, 2022, the Board issued a Decision
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`Terminating the Proceeding Due to Settlement Prior to Institution of Trial (Paper
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`6). 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 $24,750.00 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 January 10,
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`2022.
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`Relief requested:
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $24,750.00 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. 10,860,691
`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
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`Case IPR2022-00393
`U.S. Patent No. 10,860,691
`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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`Christopher A. Estes
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`chris@mediachainllc.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
`(202) 371-2600
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