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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`SEVEN NETWORKS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2020-00425
`Patent 9,438,550
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2020-00425
`Attorney Docket: 39521-0075IP1
`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner,
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`Apple Inc., requests a refund in the amount of $30,000.00 to be paid to deposit
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`account number 06-1050.
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`On February 21, 2020, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,438,550 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was
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`assigned case number IPR2020-00425. In accordance with the fee schedule
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`specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the
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`amount of $21,500.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover
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`associated fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and a further
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`$30,000.00 in Post-Institution fees.
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`On September 1, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a
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`Decision denying institution. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the
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`amount of $30,000.00 for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in
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`connection with this proceeding.
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`Dated: October 15, 2020
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2020-00425
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Nicholas W. Stephens/
`Nicholas Stephens, Reg. No. 74,320
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`T: 202-783-5070
`F: 877-769-7945
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`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2020-00425
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) et seq. and 42.205(b), the undersigned
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`certifies that on October 15, 2020, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees was provided via electronic service, to
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`the Patent Owner by serving the correspondence address of record as follows:
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`Email:
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`Edward Hsieh
`Kenneth J. Weatherwax
`Parham Hendifar
`Nathan Lowenstein
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`Patrick Maloney
`Bridget Smith
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`Jason C. Linger
`Flavio Rose
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`LOWENSTEIN & WEATHERWAX LLP
`1880 Century Park East, Suite 815
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
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` weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`lowenstein@lowensteinweatherwax.com
` smith@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`rose@lowensteinweatherwax.com
` hsieh@lowensteinweatherwax.com
` hendifar@lowensteinweatherwax.com
` maloney@lowensteinweatherwax.com
` linger@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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`/Diana Bradley/
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`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(858) 678-5667
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