`Filed: December 30, 2014
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`Filed on behalf of: Zimmer Holdings, Inc. & Zimmer, Inc.
`By: Naveen Modi
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`Joseph E. Palys
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`Paul Hastings LLP
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`875 15th Street, N.W.
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`Washington, D.C. 20005
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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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`ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.
`AND ZIMMER, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`BONUTTI SKELETAL INNOVATIONS LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-01080
`Patent No. 7,806,896
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEE FOR INTER
`PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,806,896
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`Case IPR2014-01080
`Patent No. 7,806,896
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`On June 30, 2014, Zimmer Holdings, Inc. and Zimmer, Inc. (collectively
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`“Petitioner”) filed a petition for inter partes review of claim 43 of U.S. Patent No.
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`7,806,896 (Paper 1). At the time of filing, Petitioner paid the $9,000 request fee
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`and $14,000 post-institution fee. On October 31, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board issued a decision not to institute inter partes review (Paper 17).
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`Petitioner hereby requests a refund of $14,000.00 for the post-institution fee.
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`See Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees; Final Rule, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4233 (Jan.
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`18, 2013).
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` Respectfully Submitted,
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`Dated: December 30, 2014
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`By:
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`/Naveen Modi/
`Naveen Modi
`Reg. No. 46,224
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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`Case IPR2014-01080
`Patent No. 7,806,896
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 30th day of December 2014, a copy of the
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`foregoing Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fee for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,806,896 was served by e-mail on the following counsel of
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`record for Patent Owner, Bonutti Skeletal Innovations, LLC:
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`Cary Kappel – ckappel@ddkpatent.com
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`William Gehris – wgehris@ddkpatent.com
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`Dated: December 30, 2014
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`By:
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`/Naveen Modi/
`Naveen Modi
`Reg. No. 46,224
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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