`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SIGNAL IP, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR 2016-01382
`Patent No. 5,732,375
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.26, Petitioner Toyota Motor Corporation
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`respectfully requests a refund of the post-institution fee paid with its Petition for
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`Inter Partes Review in this Case No. IPR 2016-01382.
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`On July 8, 2016, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of claim
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`11 of U.S. Patent No. 5,732,375. Petitioner submitted therewith the inter partes
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`review request fee of $9,000.00, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(1), and the inter
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`partes review post-institution fee of $14,000.00, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.15(a)(2). The Board denied institution of inter partes review on January 5,
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`2017 (Paper 12), and denied Petitioner’s request for rehearing on March 13, 2017
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`(Paper 15).
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`Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests a refund of the post-institution
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`fee of $14,000.00 to be applied to Deposit Account No. 600701.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /John Flock/
`John Flock (Reg. No. 39,670)
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`One Broadway
`New York, NY 10004
`Tel.: 212-425-7200
`Email: johnflock@
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`Counsel for Petitioner Toyota
`Motor Corporation
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`Dated: March 20, 2017
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE was served via e-mail
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`on March 20, 2017, on the following counsel for Patent Owner:
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` /John Flock /
`John Flock (Reg. No. 39,670)
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`One Broadway
`New York, NY 10004
`Tel.: 212-425-7200
`Email: johnflock@
`andrewskurthkenyon.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner Toyota
`Motor Corporation
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`Tarek N. Fahmi (Reg. No. 41,402)
`Holly J. Atkinson (Reg. No. 69,934)
`Jason A. LaBerteaux (Reg. No. 65,724)
`Ascenda Law Group, PC
`333 W San Carlos St., Suite 200
`San Jose, CA 95110
`Tel: 866-877-4883
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
`holly.atkinson@ascendalaw.com
`jason.laberteaux@ascendalaw.com
`patents@ascendalaw.com
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