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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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`DIGITAL CHECK CORP. d/b/a ST IMAGING,
`Petitioner,
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`E-IMAGEDATA CORP.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00178
`U.S. Patent No. 9,179,019
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.925
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`On November 3, 2016, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,179,019 (Paper 2) requesting review of fifty-six (56) claims.
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`Petitioner paid a fee of $46,600, including: (i) $9,000 for an inter partes review
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`request fee for up to twenty (20) claims; (ii) $7,200 for an inter partes review
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`request of each claim in excess of twenty (20) claims; (iii) $14,000 for an inter
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`partes review post-institution fee up to fifteen (15) claims; and (iv) $16,400 for an
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`inter partes review post-institution fee for each claim in excess of fifteen (15)
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`claims. On April 25, 2017, the Board instituted Inter Partes Review (Paper 6), but
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`only as to twenty-one (21) claims. Petitioner therefore requests a refund of
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`$14,000 of the inter partes review post-institution fee under (iv) above for the
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`thirty-five (35) remaining claims where trial was not instituted.
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`The Patent and Trial Appeal Board is hereby authorized to charge or refund
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`any fees associated with this case to Deposit Account 02-1818.
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`Case IPR2017-00178
`U.S. Patent No. 9,179,019
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`By:
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Jason A. Engel/
`Jason A. Engel (Reg. No. 51,654)
`Customer No. 24573
`Date: August 25, 2017
`K&L GATES LLP
`70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3100
`Chicago, Illinois 60602
`jason.engel.ptab@klgates.com
`Telephone: (312) 807-4236
`Facsimile: (312) 827-8145
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`Certification of Service Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4)
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`A copy of this Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees has been served
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`on the following counsel of record for Patent Owner at the following address on
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`this 25th day of August, 2017:
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`Johanna M. Wilbert
`Joel A. Austin
`Michael T. Piery
`QUARLES & BRADY LLP
`411 East Wisconsin Avenue
`Suite 2350
`Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
`johanna.wilbert@quarles.com
`joel.austin@quarles.com
`michael.piery@quarles.com
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`By:
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`/Jason A. Engel/
`Jason A. Engel (Reg. No. 51,654)
`Customer No. 24573
`K&L GATES LLP
`70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3100
`Chicago, Illinois 60602
`jason.engel.ptab@klgates.com
`Telephone: (312) 807-4236
`Facsimile: (312) 827-8145
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