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`IPR2019-00611
`U.S. Patent No. 8,831,557
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
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`and
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`FIRSTFACE CO., LTD.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00611
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,831,557
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`PETITIONERS’ 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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`IPR2019-00611
`U.S. Patent No. 8,831,557
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioners
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`Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
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`(“Petitioners”) request a refund in the amount of $15,000.00 to be paid to deposit
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`account number 18-1945, under Order No. 104677-5025-651.
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`On January 23, 2019, Petitioners filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,831,557 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2019-00611. In accordance with the fee schedule
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`specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioners deposited an electronic payment in
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`the amount of $30,500.00 with the Board at the time of filing of the Petition,
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`including a $15,500 payment for the inter partes review request fee and a $15,000
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`payment for the post-institution fee.
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`On August 5, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`denying institution of inter partes review. Accordingly, Petitioners request a
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`refund in the amount of $15,000.00 for the post-institution fees that they have paid
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`to the USPTO in connection with this proceeding.
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`Dated: September 10, 2019
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`IPR2019-00611
`U.S. Patent No. 8,831,557
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Gabrielle E. Higgins/
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`Gabrielle E. Higgins
`Reg. No. 38,916
`Christopher M. Bonny
`Reg. No. 63,307
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284
`Phone: +1-650-617-4015
`Fax: +1-617-235-9492
`gabrielle.higgins@ropesgray.com
`christopher.bonny@ropesgray.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing PETITIONERS’
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`IPR2019-00611
`U.S. Patent No. 8,831,557
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES was served by filing
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`this document through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board End to End (PTAB E2E)
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`as well as providing a courtesy copy via electronic mail to the following attorneys
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`of record for the Patent Owner listed below:
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`Barry J. Bumgardner
`barry@nbafirm.com
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`Matthew C. Juren
`matthew@nbafirm.com
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`Thomas C. Cecil
`tom@nbafirm.com
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`NELSON BUMGARDNER ALBRITTON P.C.
`3131 W. 7th Street, Suite 300
`Fort Worth, Texas 76107
`Telephone: (817) 377-3494
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`Dated: September 10, 2019
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`By: /Crena Pacheco/
`Name: Crena Pacheco
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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