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`Paper No. 11
`Entered: June 18, 2015
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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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` ETHICON, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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` BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. AND
`BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00954
`Patent 8,303,981
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`Mailed: June 18, 2015
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`Before Maria Vignone, Trial Manager
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`NOTICE OF REFUND
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`Petitioner’s request for a refund of certain post-institution fees paid on
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`03/26/2014 in the above proceeding is hereby granted. The amount of
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`$18,800 has been refunded to the Petitioner’s deposit account.
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`Case IRP2015-00954
`Patent 8,303,981
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`The parties are reminded that unless otherwise permitted by 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.6(b)(2), all filings in this proceeding must be made electronically in the
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`Patent Review Processing System (PRPS), accessible from the Board Web
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`site at http://www.uspto.gov/PTAB.
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`If there are any questions pertaining to this notice, please contact
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`Maria Vignone at 571-272-4645 or the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at
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`571-272-7822.
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`For the PETITIONER:
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`Diane Elderkin
` delderkin@akingump.com
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`Steven Maslowski
`smaslowski@akingump.com
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`For the PATENT OWNER:
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`Leora Benami
`leora.benami@kirkland.com
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`Eugene Goryunov
`eugene.goryunov@kirkland.com
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`Ira Finkelstein
`ira_finkelstein@baxter.com
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