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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Attorney Docket No.: 108136.00033
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`Case IPR2014-00487
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`In re Patent of: Curran et al.
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`U.S. Patent No.: 8,361,156
`Issue Date:
`January 29, 2013
`Appl. Ser. No.: 13/441,092
`Filing Date: April 6, 2012
`Title:
`SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SPINAL FUSION
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Petitioner respectfully requests a refund in the amount of $14,000
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`corresponding to the post-institution fee paid in accordance with 37 CFR § 42.15
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`via the undersigned’s Deposit Account on March 5, 2014. On September 11, 2014,
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`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Decision Denying Institution of Inter
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`Partes Review. Therefore, no post-institution fees are deemed necessary.
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
`IPR2013-00504
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`Petitioner authorizes the United States Patent and Trademark Office to credit
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`the $14,000 refund to Deposit Account No. 50-1943.
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`Dated: October 14, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`__/Jeff E. Schwartz/___________
`Jeff E. Schwartz, Reg. No. 39,019
`Fox Rothschild LLP
`1030 15th Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Tele: 202-696-1470
`Fax: 202-461-3102
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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