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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`PAICE LLC and
`THE ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00234
`Patent 7,237,634
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`PETITIONER REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.26, Petitioner respectfully requests a refund of the
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`post-institution fees paid with its Petition for Inter Partes Review.
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`On November 14, 2016, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`claims 215, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 239-241, 252, 253, 255-259, 265, and
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`266 of U.S. Patent No. 7,237,634. Petitioner submitted therewith the inter partes
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`review request fee of $9,000.00, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(1), and the inter
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`partes review post-institution fee of $14,000.00, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.15(a)(2). Petitioner also submitted therewith the inter partes post-institution
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`request of each claim in excess of 15 fee of $1,200.00, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.15(a)(4).
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`On February 2, 2017, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, the
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`parties filed a joint motion to terminate the inter partes review (Paper 7). On
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`February 14, 2017, the Board granted the joint motion to terminate the proceeding
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`(Paper 10), without instituting any inter partes review.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests a refund of $15,200.00, for the
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`post-institution fee and post-institution request of each claim in excess of 15 fee, to
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`be applied to Deposit Account No. 600701.
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`Dated: February 14, 2017
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By: /Clifford A. Ulrich/
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`Michael J. Lennon (Reg. No. 26,562)
`Clifford A. Ulrich (Reg. No. 42,194)
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The foregoing Petitioner Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees was
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`served on February 14, 2017, via electronic mail upon the following:
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`Timothy W. Riffe (Reg. No. 43,881)
`Linda L. Kordziel (Reg. No. 39,732)
`Ruffin B. Cordell (Reg. No. 33,487)
`Brian J. Livedalen (Reg. No. 67,450)
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Tel.: 202.783.5070
`Fax: 899.769.7945
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`Michael J. Lennon (Reg. No. 26,562) Lead Counsel
`Clifford A. Ulrich (Reg. No. 42,194) Backup Counsel
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`/Clifford A. Ulrich/
`Clifford A. Ulrich, Backup Counsel for Petitioner
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