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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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`Società Italiana Per Lo Sviluppo dell’Elettronica S.p.A.
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,754,580 B1
`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2017-00565
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
`OF INSTITUTION FEE
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`The petitioner Unified Patents Inc. (“Unified Patents”) requests a refund of
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`the $14,000 institution fee paid when the inter partes review petition was filed in
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`IPR2017-00565 on January 23, 2017. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a) and 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.73(a), a decision was entered denying institution on June 15, 2017 and
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`IPR2017-00565 was then terminated. Unified Patents therefore requests refund of
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`the entire $14,000 institution fee. See 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4233 (Jan. 18, 2013)
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`(“The entire post-institution fee would be returned to the petitioner if the Office
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`does not institute a review.”); see also PTAB E2E Frequently Asked Questions,
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`G10 (“If the proceeding is terminated before institution and the petition was filed on
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`or after March 19, 2013, the petitioner may file a request for a refund of the post-
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`institution fee paid.”).
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`The refund may be paid by crediting the credit card used to pay the institution
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`fee on January 23, 2017; by crediting Laurence & Phillips IP Law LLP’s deposit
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`account no. 50-6921; by check made to Unified Patents and mailed to the lead
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`attorney (Kevin Laurence, Laurence & Phillips IP Law LLP, 1940 Duke Street,
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`Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314); or by any other means acceptable to the Office.
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`Date: Nov. 9, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Kevin B. Laurence/
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`Kevin B. Laurence
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Registration No. 38,219
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on Nov. 9, 2017, a copy of the foregoing
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF INSTITUION FEE and all
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`documents filed with it were served via email upon the following counsel of record
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`for the patent owner, as consented to by said counsel:
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`Timothy Devlin: tdevlin@devlinlawfirm.com
`Anita Binayi-Ghiam: abinayi-ghiam@devlinlawfirm.com
`Devlin Law Firm LLC
`1306 N. Broom Street, 1st Floor
`Wilmington, DE 19806
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`Dated: November 9, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Kevin B. Laurence/
`Kevin B. Laurence, Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Registration No. 38,219
`klaurence@lpiplaw.com
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`Laurence & Phillips IP Law LLP
`1940 Duke St., Ste. 200
`Alexandria, Virginia 22314
`Telephone: 703-448-8787
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