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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`INTELLECTUAL INTEGRITY, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`APPLE INC.,
`Patent Owner/Assignee.
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`IPR No.: IPR2016-00500
`Patent No. 7,864,163
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`Filed on behalf of Petitioner By:
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`Ronald W. Burns (Reg. No. 44,044)
`15139 Woodbluff Dr.
`Frisco, TX 75035
`(972) 632-9009
`rwburns@intellectualintegrity.net
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`IPR2016-00500
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`Intellectual Integrity, LLC (“I2” or “Petitioner”) hereby files its request for
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`a refund of the $14,000 post-institution fee that was previously paid.
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`On January 22, 2016, Petitioner filed a petition for inter partes review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,864,163 and paid the USPTO a total of $23,000 at the time of
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`filing this petition, which included a $14,000 payment for the post-institution fee
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`required by 37 C.F.R. §42.15(a)(l )-(2). The filed inter partes review petition was
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`granted a filing date on January 29, 2016. (Paper 8.) The Board entered a decision
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`denying institution of the inter partes review on July 26, 2016. (Paper 12.) The
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`Petitioner respectfully submits that it is entitled to request a refund of the post-
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`institution fee that was previously paid and is entitled to this refund. See e.g., 78
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`Fed. Reg. 4233 (Jan. 18, 2013) available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-
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`2013-0l-18/pdf/2013-00819.pdf (stating that "The entire post-institution fee would
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`be returned to the petitioner if the Office does not institute a review."); Patent
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`For at least the reasons set forth above, Petitioner files its request for a
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`refund for a refund of the post-institution fee that was previously paid, and hereby
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`respectfully requests a refund of the $14,000 post-institution fee previously paid by
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`I2. The refund may be deposited in Petitioner’s Deposit Account No. 506885.
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`Therefore, I2 respectfully requests a refund of the post-institution fee paid
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`for Inter Partes Review IPR2016-00500.
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`Date: July 26, 2016
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`Respectfully Submitted on behalf of
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`Petitioner Intellectual Integrity, LLC,
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` By: /s/ Ronald W. Burns
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`Ronald W. Burns
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`USPTO Reg. No. 44044
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`15139 Woodbluff Dr.
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`Frisco, TX 75035
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`Phone: 972-632-9009
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`rwburns@intellectualintegrity.net
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