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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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`SONITOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
`Petitioner
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`CENTRAK, LLC
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`Case IPR2018-00740
`Patent 9,622,030
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`THE POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
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`IPR2018-00740
`Patent 9,622,030
`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), Sonitor
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`Technologies, Inc. (“Petitioner”), requests a refund in the amount of $27,000.00 to
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`be paid to deposit account number 19-0036.
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`On March 6, 2018, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`seeking review of claims 1-35 of U.S. Patent No. 9,622,030 (assigned case number
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`IPR2018-00740). (See Paper 2.) On September 20, 2018, the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board declined to institute trial. (See Paper 8.) On October 19, 2018,
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`Petitioner filed a Request for Rehearing. (See Paper 9.) The Board denied the
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`Request on November 27, 2018. (See Paper 12.)
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`The Rules provide for a refund of the institution fee if the Board does not
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`institute trial. Payment of the $27,000.00 post-institution fee was processed
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`through PTAB E2E on March 6, 2018, as follows:
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`• $15,000.00 post-institution fee (for first 15 claims) under 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.15(a)(2); and
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`• $12,000.00 post-institution fee for 20 excess claims (over 15 claims)
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(4).
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` Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $27,000.00 for
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`the post-institution fee that it has paid to the USPTO in connection with this
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`proceeding.
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`Patent 9,622,030
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`Respectfully submitted,
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/ Nirav N. Desai /
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`Nirav N. Desai
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Registration No. 69,105
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`Date: January 8, 2019
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF THE POST-
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`INSTITUTION FEE was served electronically via e-mail on January 8, 2019, in
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`its entirety on the following:
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`Jeffrey I. Kaplan (Lead Counsel)
`KAPLAN BREYER SCHWARZ, LLP
`jkaplan@kbsiplaw.com
`kelly@kbsiplaw.com
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`Joseph Bain (Back-up Counsel)
`SHUTTS & BOWEN LLP
`jbain@shutts.com
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`Date: January 8, 2019
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
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`10441663_1.docx
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`/ Nirav N. Desai /
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`Nirav N. Desai
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Registration No. 69,105
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