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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
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`ERICSSON INC. and TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00108
`Patent 6,400,376
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Case IPR2016-00108
`Attorney Docket No: 30146-0017IP1
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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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`Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”), request a refund in the amount of $14,000.00 to be paid
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`to deposit account number 06-1050.
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`On October 29, 2015, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,400,376 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2016-00108. 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 $9,000.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover
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`associated fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and a further
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`$14,000.00 in Post-Institution fees.
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`On December 29, 2015, Petitioner filed an unopposed Motion to Dismiss,
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`and on January 29, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`granting our Motion to Dismiss before Institution. Accordingly, Petitioner
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`requests a refund in the amount of $14,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it
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`has paid to the USPTO in connection with that proceeding.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Michael T. Hawkins/
`Michael T. Hawkins
`Reg. No. 57,867
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`Date: February 23, 2016
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`Case IPR2016-00108
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) and 42.205(b), the undersigned certifies
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`that on February 23, 2016, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Request
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`for Refund of Post-Institution Fees was provided via email to the Patent Owner by
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`serving the correspondence email address of record as follows:
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`Chad C. Walters
`Douglas M. Kubehl
`Harrison G. Rich
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
`2001 Ross Ave., Suite 600
`Dallas, TX 75201
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`chad.walters@bakerbotts.com
`doug.kubehl@bakerbotts.com
`harrison.rich@bakerbotts.com
`tracy.perez@bakerbotts.com
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`/Diana Bradley/
`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(858) 678-5667
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