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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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`UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00057
`Patent 6,110,228
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2018-00057
`Attorney Docket: 43930-0005IP1
`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner
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`Unified Patents, Inc. requests a refund in the amount of $14,000.00 to be paid to
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`deposit account number 506990.
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`On October 24, 2017, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,110,228 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2018-00057. In accordance with the fee schedule
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`specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the
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`amount of $9,000.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover
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`associated fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and a further
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`$14,000.00 in Post-Institution fees.
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`On May 11, 2018 the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a Decision
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`Denying Institution. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of
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`$14,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in connection
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`with this proceeding.
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`Dated:
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`5-30-18
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Roberto J. Devoto /
`Roberto J. Devoto, Reg. No. 55,108
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2018-00057
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) et seq. and 42.205(b), the undersigned
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`certifies that on May 30, 2018, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees was provided via electronic service, to
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`the Patent Owner by serving the correspondence address of record as follows:
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`Ryan Loveless, Brett Mangrum, James Etheridge, Jeffrey Huang
`Etheridge Law Group
`2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 120-324
`Southlake, TX 76092
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`Sean D. Burdick
`Uniloc USA, Inc.
`7160 Dallas Parkway, Ste. 380
`Plano, TX 75024
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`Email: ryan@etheridgelaw.com
`sean.burdick@unilocusa.com
` brett@etheridgelaw.com
`jim@etheridgelaw.com
` jeff@etheridgelaw.com
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`/Diana Bradley/
`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(858) 678-5667
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