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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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`Google LLC
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`Petitioner
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`EcoFactor, Inc.
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`(record) Patent Owner
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`IPR2021-00409
`Patent No. 8,412,488
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
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`On January 22, 2021, Google LLC (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition for Inter
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`Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,412,488 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 and
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`37 C.F.R. §42.100 et seq., seeking inter partes review of certain claims of the ’488
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`patent. On July 22, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Decision
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`Denying Institution. (Paper No. 9). Petitioner hereby requests refund of $22,500 for
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`the Post-Institution Fee under 37 C.F.R. §42.15(a)(2) ($21,500) submitted with the
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`filing of the Petition. Payment of the $22,500 Post-Institution Fee was processed
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`through E2E and the USPTO Financial Manager System on January 11, 2021, and
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`charged to Deposit Account, No. 601876 (transaction ID E20211A450331617).
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`Upon review and approval of this request, Petitioner respectfully requests that
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`the Board credit the Post-Institution Fee to Deposit Account No. 601876.
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`Date: September 20, 2021
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`/Matthew A. Smith/ (RN 49,003)
`Matthew A. Smith
`SMITH BALUCH LLP
`700 Pennsylvania Ave SE 2nd Floor
`Washington, DC 20003
`(202) 669-6207
`smith@smithbaluch.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner Google LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing request for refund was
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`served by electronic mail on September 20, 2021, on the Patent Owner’s counsel of
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`record at the United States Patent & Trademark Office having the following
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`pwang@raklaw.com
`rak_ecofactor@raklaw.com
`rmizraie@raklaw.com
`jpickens@raklaw.com
`jlink@raklaw.com
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` Date: September 20, 2021
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