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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
`Petitioner
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`IPA TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2018-01440
`U.S. Patent No. 6,757,718 B1
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF FEES
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`IPR2018-01440 (U.S. Pat. No. 6,757,718)
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`Request for Refund of Fees
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`On August 9, 2018, Microsoft Corporation filed a Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,757,718 (Paper No. 1), seeking review of claims 1-27.
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`On January 25, 2019, Patent Owner filed an Abandonment of Contest of all
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`challenged claims (Paper No. 6). The Board, in turn, entered adverse judgment
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`pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)(4) on March 6, 2019 (Paper No. 7).
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`Since Patent Owner did not file a preliminary response to the Petition, and
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`the Board did not enter a decision on instituting trial, Petitioner hereby requests a
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`refund of $22,200 for the inter partes review post institution fees submitted with
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`the filing of the Petition. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2); see also, e.g., 82 Fed. Reg.
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`52,780, 52,790 (Nov. 14, 2017).
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`Payment of $22,200 was processed through the PTAB E2E system on
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`August 9, 2018, and charged to Deposit Account No. 50-1597. Upon review and
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`approval of this Request, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board grant a
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`refund and credit of $22,200 to Deposit Account No. 50-1597 under Order No.
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`10171-82290.
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`Dated: June 4, 2019
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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, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`jmicallef@sidley.com
`(202)736-8492
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`IPR2018-01440 (U.S. Pat. No. 6,757,718)
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`Request for Refund of Fees
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I hereby certify that on this 4th day of June,
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`2019, I caused to be served a true and correct copy of the foregoing by electronic
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`mail on the following counsel:
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`Steven W. Hartsell, shartsell@skiermontderby.com,
`IPR_SDTeam@skiermontderby.com
`Alexander E. Gasser, agasser@skiermontderby.com
`Sarah E. Spires, sspires@skiermontderby.com
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`Dated: June 4, 2019
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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, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`jmicallef@sidley.com
`(202)736-8492
`Attorney for Petitioner
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