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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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`APPLE INC. and HP INC.,
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`XR COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, D/B/A VIVATO TECHNOLOGIES,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2022-01155
`Patent 10,715,235
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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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`Proceeding No.: IPR2022-01155
`Attorney Docket: 50095-0047IP2
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioners,
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`Apple Inc. and HP Inc., requests a refund in the amount of $22,500.00 to be paid to
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`deposit account number 06-1050.
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`On June 16, 2022, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 10,715,235 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was assigned
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`case number IPR2022-01155. 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 January 5, 2023, 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 $22,500.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO
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`in connection with this proceeding.
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2022-01155
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/David L. Holt/
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` David Holt, Reg. No. 65,161
` Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`60 South Sixth Street
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` Counsel for Petitioners
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`Dated: February 9, 2023
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on February 9,
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`2023, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request for Refund was
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`provided via email to the Patent Owner by serving the correspondence email
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`address of record as follows:
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`Reza Mirzaie, Reg. No. 69,138
`Philip Wang, Reg No. 74,621
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`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`12424 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Fl.
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`rmirzaie@raklaw.com
`pwang@raklaw.com
`rak_vivato@raklaw.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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