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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. AND SAMSUNG
`ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
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`Petitioners,
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`ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`PTAB Case No. IPR2021-00583
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`Patent No. 6,411,941 B1
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
`OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`IPR2021-00583
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioners
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`request a refund in the amount of $22,500.00 to be paid to Deposit Account No.
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`DA603160.
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`On February 23, 2021, Petitioner filed the above-captioned Petition for Inter
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`Partes Review, which was assigned Case No. IPR2021-00583. In accordance with
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`the current fee schedule and 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), the Petitioner paid $41,500 in
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`fees at the time of filing, which included a $19,000.00 IPR request fee and a
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`$22,500.00 IPR post-institution fee.
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`On June 10, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a decision
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`terminating this proceeding, before the issuance of any decision on institution, in
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`view of settlement. (Paper No. 12). In light of the PTAB’s decision, Petitioner
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`respectfully requests a refund of the post-institution fee in the amount of
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`$22,500.00.
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`It is requested that the refunded amount be credited to the deposit
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`account number DA603160, reference 031179.00186.
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`June 11, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`COVINGTON & BURLING
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`/Anupam Sharma/
`Anupam Sharma (Reg. No.: 55,609)
`Peter P. Chen (Reg. No. 39,631)
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941
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`Gregory S. Discher (Reg. No. 42,488)
`Sinan Utku (Reg. No. 46,137)
`Richard L. Rainey (Reg. No. 47,879)
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`Attorneys for Petitioners
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, I hereby certify that on this 11th day of June 2021, the foregoing
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`Petitioner’s Request for Refund was served via electronic mail, by agreement of the parties, on
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`the following counsel of record for Patent Owner.
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`Nicholas T. Peters
`Paul B. Henkelmann
`David A. Gosse
`FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY LLP
`120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 2100
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`ntpete@fitcheven.com
`PHenkelmann@fitcheven.com
`DGosse@fitcheven.com
`ancora-ipr@fitcheven.com
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`June 11, 2021
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`/Anupam Sharma/
`Anupam Sharma
`Reg. No.: 55,609
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