`Patent 8,402,555
`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`DOCKET NO.: 098173–0966643
`Filed on behalf of Unified Patents Inc.
`By: Paul C. Haughey, Reg. No. 31,836
`Scott Kolassa, Reg. No. 55,337
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, 19th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111–3834
`Tel: (415) 576–0200
`Email: phaughey@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Jonathan Stroud, Reg. No. 72,518
`Kevin Jakel, Reg. No. 58,790
`Unified Patents Inc.
`1875 Connecticut Av. NW, Floor 10
`Washington D.C., 20009
`Tel: (202) 805–8931
`Email: jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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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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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`WILLIAM GRECIA
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2016–00789
`Patent 8,402,555
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`PETITIONER UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`IPR2016-00789
`Patent 8,402,555
`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 F.R. 4211, 4234-35, Petitioner UNIFIED PATENTS,
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`INC. requests a refund in the amount of $18,400 to be paid to Deposit Account
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`ending in 1430.
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`On March 22, 2016, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`(“IPR”) with the USPTO that was assigned case number IPR2016-00789. In
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`accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(b), Petitioner
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`deposited a payment in the amount of $28,600 with the USPTO at the time of the
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`filing of the Petition to cover associated fees. Petitioner’s payment comprised
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`$18,400 for post-institution fees.
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`On September 9, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered judgement
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`denying institution of Inter Partes Review of the IPR2016-00789. See Paper
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`No. 8.
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`IPR2016-00789
`Patent 8,402,555
`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested
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`Accordingly, Unified Patents, Inc. requests a refund in the amount of
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`$18,400 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in connection
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`with this proceeding, as no trial is instituted.
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`Date: Jan. 4, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Paul C. Haughey/
`Paul C. Haughey, Reg. No. 31,836
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Email: phaughey@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`IPR2016-00789
`Patent 8,402,555
`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of this Request for Refund has
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`been served on January 4, 2017, via electronic email directed to the attorney of
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`record for the patent at the following address:
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of this PETITIONER UNIFIED
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`PATENTS INC. REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE, is
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`being served on the Patent Owner concurrently with the filing of this document via
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`email to the following persons:
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`Patrick Richards
`Patrick@richardspatentlaw.com
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`Clare Frederick
`clare@richardspatentlaw.com
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`Dated: Jan. 4, 2017
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`/Paul C. Haughey/
`By:
`Paul C. Haughey
`Registration No. 31,836
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, 19th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: 415–576–0200
`Facsimile: 415–576–0300
`phaughey@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Counsel for Petitioner
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