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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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`KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC.,
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`MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2019-00644
`Reissued Patent RE45,542
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR
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`IPR2019-00644
`Patent RE45,542
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.26, 37 C.F.R. § 1.925, and the Patent and
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`Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg.
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`4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner Kingston Technology Company, Inc.
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`(“Kingston”), requests a refund in the amount of $15,000.00 to be paid to deposit
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`account number 033975.
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`On January 30, 2019, Kingston filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. RE45,542 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2019-00644. (Paper 1.) In accordance with the fee
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`schedule specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Kingston deposited an electronic
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`payment in the amount of $15,500.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its
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`Petition to cover fees associated with Kingston’s inter partes review request, and
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`a further $15,000.00 in post-institution fees.
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`On August 23, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered an Order
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`denying the inter partes review. (Paper 9.) Accordingly, Kingston requests a
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`refund in the amount of $15,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid in
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`connection with this proceeding. Kingston further requests that this refund be
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`deposited to Pillsbury Winthrop’s deposit account number 033975, reference
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`049289-0000003.
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`Date: October 28, 2019
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`IPR2019-00644
`Patent RE45,542
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Robert C.F. Pérez/
`By:
`Robert C.F. Pérez (Reg. No. 39,328)
`Lead Counsel
`Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
`1650 Tysons Boulevard, 14th Floor
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: 703-770-7900
`Facsimile: 703-770-7901
`Email: robert.perez@pillsburylaw.com
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`Christopher Kao
`Backup Counsel
`Brock S. Weber
`Backup Counsel
`Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
`4 Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: 415-983-1000
`Facsimile: 415-983-1200
`Email: christopher.kao@pillsburylaw.com
`Email: brock.weber@pillsburylaw.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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`IPR2019-00644
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that on October 28, 2019, a true and correct
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`copy of the foregoing PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF FEES was
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`served via electronic mail on the following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`James D. Stein (Reg. No. 63,782)
`Lead Counsel
`Andrew Strickland (Reg. No. 67,755)
`Backup Counsel
`William B. Dyer III (Reg. No. 41,725)
`Backup Counsel
`Lee & Hayes P.C.
`1175 Peachtree Street NE
`100 Colony Square, Suite 2000
`Atlanta, GA 30361
`Phone: 404.736.1918
`james.stein@leehayes.com
`andrew.strickland@leehayes.com
`bill.dyer@leehayes.com
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`By:
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`/Robert C.F. Pérez/
`Robert C.F. Pérez (Reg. No. 39,328)
`Lead Counsel
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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