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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2017-00656
`U.S. Patent No. 8,694,657
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`On January 12, 2017, Microsoft Corporation (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition
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`for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,694,657 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.100 et seq. (“Petition,” Paper No. 1), seeking review of claims 189,
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`334, 342, 348, 465, 580, 584, and 592 of the ‘657 patent. On April 24, 2017, the
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`parties filed a joint motion to terminate the proceeding (Paper No. 7). On April 27,
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`2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Decision terminating the
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`proceeding due to a settlement before institution (Paper No. 9).
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`Petitioner hereby requests a refund of $14,000 for the Post-Institution Fee
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2) submitted with the filing of the Petition. See, e.g.,
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`78 Fed. Reg. 4233, 4234-35 (Jan. 18, 2013).
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`Payment of $14,000 in Post-Institution Fees was processed through PRPS on
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`January 13, 2017, and charged to the undersigned’s Deposit Account No. 50-1597.
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`Upon review and approval of this request, Petitioner respectfully requests that the
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`Board credit $14,000 to our Deposit Account No. 50-1597 under Order No.
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`010171-82200-IPR201700656.
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`Dated: August 4, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Joseph A. Micallef/
`Joseph A. Micallef
`Reg. No. 39,772
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 4th day of August, 2023, a copy of this Request
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`for Refund of Post-Institution Fees for Inter Partes Review, has been served in its
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`entirety by e-mail on the following counsel of record for patent owner:
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`Vincent J. Rubino, III - vrubino@fabricantllp.com
`Peter Lambrianakos – plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com
`Enrique W. Iturralde – eiturralde@fabricantllp.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Francis Quaynor/
`Francis Quaynor
`Paralegal
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