`____________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
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`NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS US LLC; AND
`NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD.,
`Patent Owner
`____________
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`Case: IPR2017-00658
`U.S. Patent No. 8,537,779
`____________
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR REFUND OF THE POST-
`INSTITUTION FEE
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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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`
`
`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4211, 4233-34 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioners
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`Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC and Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
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`(“Nokia” or “Petitioners”) request a refund in the amount of $15,000.00.
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`On January 20, 2017, Petitioners filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`seeking review of claims 1, 4, and 9-11 of U.S. Patent No. 8,537,779 (assigned case
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`number IPR2017-00658) (Paper 2). Payment of the $15,000.00 post-institution fee
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`was processed through PTABE2E on January 20, 2017. On July 28, 2017, institution
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`was denied (Paper 10).
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`The Rules provide for a refund of the post-institution fee if the Board does not
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`institute trial. Payment of the $15,000.00 post-institution fee was processed through
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`PTAB E2E on January 20, 2017 as follows:
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` $15,000.00 post-institution fee (for up to 15 claims) under 37 C.F.R.
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`§42.15(a)(2).
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`Conclusion
`I.
`Therefore, Petitioners respectfully request a refund in the amount of
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`$15,000.00 for the post-institution fee that it has paid to the USPTO in connection
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`with this proceeding.
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`1
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`
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`Dated: March 16, 2018
`
`/S. Benjamin Pleune/
`S. Benjamin Pleune
`Registration No. 52,421
`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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`2
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`
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned “PETITIONERS’
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND” was served in its entirety on March 16, 2018 pursuant
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`to agreement via email to counsel for Huawei at:
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`AXF-PTAB@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
`W. Karl Renner
`Jeremy Monaldo (monaldo@fr.com)
`Robert Devoto (devoto@fr.com)
`Thomas H. Reger II
`Stuart A. Nelson
`Kevin K. Su
`Conrad A. Gosen
`IPR35548-0059IP1@fr.com
`
`/S. Benjamin Pleune/
`S. Benjamin Pleune, Reg. No. 52,421
`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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`3
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