`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION and HP INC.
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`SYNKLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2021-00174
`Patent No. 7,870,225
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`On November 11, 2020, Microsoft Corporation and HP Inc. (“Petitioners”)
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`filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,870,225 under 35
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`U.S.C. §§ 102-103, and 37 C.F.R. § 42.100 et seq. (Paper No. 1), seeking review
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`of claims 1, 5-12 of the ‘225 patent. On May 6, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board issued a Decision denying institution of Inter Partes Review (Paper No. 9).
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`Petitioners hereby request a refund of $22,500 for the Post-Institution Fee
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2), processed through PRPS on November 11, 2020,
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`and charged to the undersigned’s Deposit Account No. 50-1597. See, e.g., 78 Fed.
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`Reg. 4233, 4234-35 (Jan. 18, 2013).
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`Upon review and approval of this request, Petitioners respectfully request
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`that the Board credit $22,500 to Deposit Account No. 50-1597 under Order No.
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`10171-82640.
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`Date: November 8, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Joseph A. Micallef/
`Joseph A. Micallef
`Reg. No. 39,772
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Counsel for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 8th day of November, 2021, copies of this
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees for Inter Partes Review, has been
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`served in its entirety by e-mail on the following counsel of record for patent owner:
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`Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves – gonsalves@capitoliplaw.com
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`Yeasun Yoon – yoon@capitoliplaw.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Francis Quaynor/
`Francis Quaynor
`Paralegal
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