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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
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`TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2022-00607
`Patent 10,517,133
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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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`Attorney Docket No. 50095-0069IP1
`U.S. Patent No. 10,517,133
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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 February 15, 2022, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,517,133 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2022-00607. 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 a further $22,500
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`in Post-Institution fees.
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`On October 11, 2022, 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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`Dated: November 29, 2022
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`Attorney Docket No. 50095-0069IP1
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Dan Smith/
`Dan Smith, Reg. No. 71,278
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`T: 202-783-5070
`F: 877-769-7945
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on November
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`29, 2022, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request for Refund of
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`Post-Institution Fees was provided via email to the Patent Owner by serving the
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`correspondence email addresses of record as follows:
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`Scott Hejny, Reg. No. 45,882
`Nicholas Mathews, Reg. No. 66,067
`Steven Peters, Reg. No. 73,193
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`McKool Smith, P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Telephone: 214-978-4000
`Fax: 214-978-4044
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`shejny@mckoolsmith.com
`nmathews@mckoolsmith.com
`Ericsson_Apple_IPRs@mckoolsmith.com
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`/Crena Pacheco/
`Crena Pacheco
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(617) 956-5938
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