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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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD,
`Petitioner,
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`AIRE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2022-00876
`U.S. Patent No. 8,581,706
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Attorney Docket No. 39843-0132IP1
`Case No. IPR2022-00876
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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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`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., requests a refund in the amount of $22,500.00 to be
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`paid to deposit account number 06-1050.
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`On May 2, 2022, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,581,706 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was assigned
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`case number IPR2022-00876. 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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`$19,000.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover associated
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`fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and a further $22,500.00 in Post-
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`Institution fees.
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`On October 18, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a decision
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`terminating the proceeding pre-institution. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a
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`refund in the amount of $22,500.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to
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`the USPTO in connection with this proceeding.
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`Date: October 19, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Jeremy J. Monaldo/
`W. Karl Renner, Reg. No. 41,265
`Jeremy J. Monaldo, Reg. No. 58,680
`Jennifer J. Huang, Reg. No. 64,297
`Kiersten M. Batzli, Reg. No. 75,476
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`Facsimile: (877) 769-7945
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) and 42.105(b), the undersigned certifies
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`that on October 19, 2022, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request
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`For Refund Of Post-Institution Fees was provided by email to the Patent Owner by
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`serving the email correspondence addresses of record as follows:
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`Brett Cooper
`Reza Mirzaie
`Russ, August & Kabat
`12424 Wilshire Blvd. 12th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90025
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`Email: bcooper@raklaw.com
`rmirzaie@raklaw.com
`rak_aire@raklaw.com
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`/Diana Bradley/
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`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(858) 678-5667
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