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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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`Ericsson Inc.
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`Petitioner
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`Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
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`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 9,496,976
`Filing Date: July 7, 2015
`Issue Date: November 15, 2016
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`Title: CELL SEARCH METHOD, FORWARD LINK FRAME TRANSMISSION
`METHOD, APPARATUS, USING THE SAME AND FORWARD LINK FRAME
`STRUCTURE
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2020-00240
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`IPR2020-00240
`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`On December 10, 2019, Petitioner Ericsson Inc. filed a petition for inter
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`partes review of claims 9, 10, and 16 of US. Patent No. 9,496,976, Paper No. 2.
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`The Board granted termination of the proceeding in Paper No. 10, dated March 9,
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`2020. In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2), Petitioner respectfully requests a
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`refund of the post-institution fees paid at the time of filing. Specifically, Petitioner
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`hereby requests a refund of $15,000 for the post-institution fees ($15,000)
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`previously paid in this case.
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`The payment was provided via deposit account and processed in PTAB End
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`To End System (PTAB E2E) on December 10, 2019. Upon review and approval of
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`this request, we respectfully request the Board credit the requested amount to
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`Petitioner. The amount may be deposited into PTO Deposit Account No. 50-5723.
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`If more information is necessary to provide payment, please contact counsel listed
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`below.
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`Dated: March 27, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Ted Stevenson
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`Theodore Stevenson, III, Reg. No. 39,040
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`IPR2020-00240
`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that on March 27, 2020, I will cause a copy of the foregoing
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`document, including any exhibits referred to therein, to be served via electronic
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`mail, as previously consented to by Patent Owner and Exclusive Licensee Sol IP,
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`upon the following:
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`Richard F. Giunta
`RGiunta-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
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`Elisabeth H. Hunt
`EHunt-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
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`Dated: March 27, 2020
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`By: /s/ Scott W. Hejny
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`Scott W. Hejny, Reg. No. 45,882
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