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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Intel Corporation
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`Petitioner
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`VLSI Technology LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-01038
`U.S. Patent No. 8,566,836
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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`IPR2018-01038
`U.S. Patent No. 8,566,836
`Intel Corporation (“Petitioner”) hereby requests a refund of the $16,200
`post-institution fee that was previously paid in connection with IPR2018-01038.
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`On May 23, 2018, Petitioner filed a petition for inter partes review of U.S.
`Patent No. 8,566,836 and paid the USPTO a total of $31,700 at the time of filing,
`which included a $16,200 payment for the post-institution fee required under 37
`C.F.R. §42.15(a)(1)-(4), including any excess claims fees. The Board denied
`institution of inter partes review of the petition on December 4, 2018. (Paper 18.)
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`Petitioner is entitled to request a refund of the post-institution fee that was
`previously paid and is entitled to this refund. See e.g., 78 Fed. Reg. 4233 (Jan. 18,
`2013) available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-01-18/pdf/2013-
`00819.pdf (stating that “[t]he entire post-institution fee would be returned to the
`petitioner if the Office does not institute a review.”).
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`For at least the reasons set forth above, Petitioner respectfully requests a
`refund of the $16,200 post-institution fee previously paid by Petitioner.
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`The refund may be deposited in Deposit Account No. 08-0219 under
`attorney reference number 0107131-00603US1.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /John V. Hobgood/ .
`John V. Hobgood
`Registration No. 61,540
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that on March 12, 2021, I caused a true and correct copy of
`the foregoing materials:
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`IPR2018-01038
`U.S. Patent No. 8,566,836
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`Petitioner’s Request for Refund
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`to be served via electronic mail on the following correspondents of record.
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`weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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`lowenstein@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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`hsieh@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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`hendifar@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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`VLSI_IPR@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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` /John V. Hobgood/ .
`John V. Hobgood
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