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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.,
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`PARALLEL IRON, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00639
`Patent 7,197,662
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
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`Before MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, BRYAN F. MOORE, and
`JENNIFER S. BISK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD, PTAB
`Commissioner for Patents
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
`Case IPR2013-00639
`Patent 7,197,662
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Fees, 78 F.R. 4211, 4234-4235 (January 18, 2013), Petitioner Unified
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`Patents Inc. (“Petitioner”) requests a refund in the amount of $14,000.00 to be paid
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`to deposit account number 15-0030.
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`On September 30, 2013, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) that was assigned
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`case number IPR2013-00639. 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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`$23,000 with the USPTO at the time of filing its Petition to cover associated fees.
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`Petitioner’s payment consisted of $9,000 in fees associated with Petitioner’s Inter
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`Partes Review request and a further $14,000 in post-institution fees.
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`On January 29, 2014, the parties submitted a joint motion to terminate the
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`proceeding due to a settlement agreement that was reached between the two
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`parties. On January 31, 2014, prior to institution, the Patent and Trial Appeal
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`Board entered a Judgment terminating the proceeding.
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $14,000 for the
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`post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in connection with this
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`proceeding to be paid to deposit account number 15-0030.
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`Dated: November 5, 2014
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`Tel. (703) 413-3000
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`OBLON SPIVAK
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`/Michael L. Kiklis/
`Michael L. Kiklis
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies service of
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES on
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`counsel of record for the Patent Owner by filing this document through the Patent
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`Review Processing System as well as delivering a copy via electronic mail to the
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`following address:
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`Dated: November 5, 2014
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`Tarek Fahmi
`Ascenda Law Group
`84 W. Santa Clara St.
`Suite 550
`San Jose CA 95113
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
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`By:
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`/Michael L. Kiklis/
`Michael L. Kiklis
`Reg. No. 38,939
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