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`Petitioners Boston Scientific Corp. and Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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`By: David R. Marsh, Ph.D.
`Kristan L. Lansbery, Ph.D.
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`555 12th Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel: (202) 942-5068
`Fax: (202) 942-5999
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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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`BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. and
`BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.,
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00761
`Patent 8,048,032
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Petitioners Boston Scientific Corporation and Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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`(collectively, “Petitioners”) respectfully request refund of the Inter Partes Review
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`post-institution fees paid on May 16, 2014 in connection with the instant
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`proceeding in the amount of $14,000.00. Should such a request be granted, the
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`refund may be deposited into Deposit Account No. 50-2387.
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`On May 16, 2014, Petitioners filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,048,032 (the “Petition”), which was subsequently assigned case
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`number IPR2014-00761. In accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioners submitted an electronic payment in the amount of
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`$23,000.00 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office at the time of
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`filing the Petition. Petitioners’ payment consisted of $9,000.00 in Inter Partes
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`Review request fees and $14,000.00 in Inter Partes Review post-institution fees.
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`On August 6, 2014, the Board terminated the instant proceeding prior to
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`instituting trial. See Paper 6. Accordingly, Petitioners respectfully request refund
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`of the Inter Partes Review post-institution fees paid on May 16, 2014 in
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`connection with the instant proceeding in the amount of $14,000.00.
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`Dated: August 12, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /David R. Marsh/
`David R. Marsh, Ph.D.
`Kristan L. Lansbery, Ph.D.
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
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`555 12th Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel:
`(202) 942-5068
`Fax:
`(202) 942-5999
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`Attorneys for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing Petitioners’ Request
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`for Refund of Post-Institution Fees was served on August 12, 2014 to the following
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`Counsel for Patent Owner via e-mail, pursuant to the parties’ agreement
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`concerning service:
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`Kenneth E. Levitt, Lead Counsel
`DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
`Suite 1500
`50 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`VSI-BSC-IPR@dorsey.com
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`Brad D. Pedersen
`PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A.
`4800 IDS Center
`80 South Eighth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`PRPS@ptslaw.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`/David R. Marsh/
`David R. Marsh (Atty. Reg. No. 41,408)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`555 12th Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20004
`Tel:
`(202) 942-5068
`Fax:
`(202) 942-5999
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