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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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`AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`EQUIL IP HOLDINGS LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2023-00332
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,158,745
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
`OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`IPR2023-00332
`U.S. Patent No. 9,158,745
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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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`Akamai Technologies, Inc. (“Petitioner”) requests a refund in the amount of
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`$22,500.00 to be paid to deposit account number 18-1945, under Order No. AKTI-
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`011-653.
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`On January 10, 2023, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,158,745 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2023-00332. 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 $41,500.00 with the Board at the time of filing of the Petition, including
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`a $19,000 payment for the inter partes review request fee and a $22,500 payment
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`for the post-institution fee.
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`On July 21, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a
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`refund in the amount of $22,500.00 for the post-institution fee that it has paid to
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`the USPTO in connection with this proceeding.
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`Dated: September 25, 2023
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`IPR2023-00332
`U.S. Patent No. 9,158,745
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`By: /James L. Davis, Jr./
`James L. Davis, Jr.
`Reg. No. 57,325
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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`Attorney/Agent For Petitioner Akamai
`Technologies. Inc.
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`IPR2023-00332
`U.S. Patent No. 9,158,745
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER’S REQUEST
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`FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES was served in its entirety by
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`filing this document through the Patent Trial and Appeal Case Tracking System (P-
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`TACTS) as well as providing a courtesy copy via e-mail to the following attorneys
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`of record for the Patent Owner listed below:
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`Lead Counsel:
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`Christopher T. Bovenkamp, Reg. No. 44,551
`cbovenkamp@ccrglaw.com
`PTAB@sternekessler.com
`CHARHON CALLAHAN ROBSON & GARZA, P.L.L.C.
`3333 Lee Parkway, Suite 460
`Dallas, TX 75219
`Tel.: (214) 521-6400
`Fax: (214) 764-8392.
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`Back-up Counsel: Ararat Kapouytian, Reg. No. 40,044
`akapouytian@mkwllp.com
`MAURIEL KAPOUYTIAN WOODS LLP
`450 Sansome Street, Suite 1005
`San Francisco, California 94111
`Tel.: (415) 738-6369
`Fax: (415) 738-2315;
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`Jason A. Fitzsimmons, Reg. No. 65,367
`jfitzsimmons-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3932
`Tel.: (202) 772-8701
`Fax: (202) 371-2540;
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`IPR2023-00332
`U.S. Patent No. 9,158,745
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`Richard M. Bemben, Reg. No. 68,658
`rbemben-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3932
`Tel.: (202) 772-8549
`Fax: (202) 371-2540; and
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`Michael D. Specht, Reg. No. 54,463
`mspecht-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3932
`Tel.: (202) 772-8756
`Fax: (202) 371-2540.
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`Dated: September 25, 2023
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`By: /Dara Del Rosario/
`Name: Dara Del Rosario
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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