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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 IPR2017-00235
`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 267, 278, 279, 282, 283, 285, 289, 290, and 291 of U.S. Patent No.
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`7,237,634. Petitioner submitted therewith the inter partes review request fee of
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`$9,000.00, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(1), and the inter partes review post-
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`institution fee of $14,000.00, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2).
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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 $14,000.00 for the
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`post-institution fee, to be applied to Deposit Account No. 600701.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`Dated: February 14, 2017
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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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`Peter Lambrianakos: plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
`Alfred R. Fabricant: afabricant@brownrudnick.com
`Shahar Harel: sharel@brownrudnick.com
`Vincent J. Rubino, III: vrubino@brownrudnick.com
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`Brown Rudnick LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
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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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