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`Submitted: June 12, 2014
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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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`EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`MEDTRONIC, INC.
`Patent owner
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`CASE IPR2014-00362
`PATENT 6,306,141
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`EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
`OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S.
`PATENT NO. 6,306,141
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`Request For Refund On Post-Institution Fees
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`On January 17, 2014, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (“Petitioner”)
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`file a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141 under 35
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`U.S.C. 311-319 and 37 C.F.R. 42.100 et seq. (“Petition,” Paper No. 1),
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`seeking inter partes review of claim numbers 1-22 of the ’141 patent. On
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`June 11, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued its Judgment:
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`Termination of Proceedings (Paper No. 16), noting that the “case is in the
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`preliminary proceeding stage; no institution of a trial has been made.”
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`Petitioner here by requests refund of $16,800 for the Post-Institution Fee
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`under 37 C.F.R. 42.15(a)(2) ($14,000) and Post-Institution Claim Fees under
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`37 C.F.R. 42.15(a)(4) for seven claims ($2,800) submitted with the filing of
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`the Petition.
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`Payment of the $16,800 Post-Institution Fees was processed through
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`PRPS on January 17, 2014, and charged to the undersigned Deposit Account
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`No. 50-5226. Upon review and approval of this request, Petitioner
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`respectfully requests that the Board credit the Post-Institution Fee of $16,800
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`to our Deposit Account No. 50-5226.
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`Date: June 12, 2014
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/David S. Moreland/
`David S. Moreland
`USPTO Reg. No. 60,134
`Gregory J. Carlin
`USPTO Reg. No. 45,607
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`Request For Refund On Post-Institution Fees
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`MEUNIER CARLIN & CURFMAN,
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`817 W. Peachtree Street NW, Suite 500
`Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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`Counsel for Petitioner Edward
`Lifesciences Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), counsel for Petitioner hereby
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`certifies that on this 12th day of June 2014, a copy of this Request For Refund
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`On Post-Institution Fees For Inter Partes Review Of U.S. Patent No.
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`6,306,141 was served on Patent Owner’s counsel of record at the following
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`electronic mail addresses:
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`John J. Molenda (jmolenda@mayerbrown.com)
`Mayer Brown LLP
`1675 Broadway
`New York, NY 10019-5820
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`Sharon A. Israel (sisrael@mayerbrown.com)
`Mayer Brown LLP
`700 Louisiana Street, Suite 3400
`Houston, TX 77002-2730
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`Dated: June 12, 2014
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`/David S. Moreland/
`David S. Moreland
`USPTO Reg. No. 60,134
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