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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RUIZ FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.,
`PETITIONER,
`v.
`MACROPOINT LLC,
`PATENT OWNER.
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`Case IPR2017-02018
`Patent 9,429,659
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`INTER PARTES REVIEW POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`On August 31, 2017, Petitioner Ruiz Food Products Inc. filed a Petition for Inter
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`Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,429,659 in the above-captioned case and paid
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`$20,000.00 for the required Inter Partes Review Post-Institution fees in accordance
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`with 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2) and (a)(4). On February 14, 2019, the Board
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`“determine[d] institution of the Petitions was barred.” Paper 25 at 15. On July 2,
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`2019, Petitioner appealed the Board’s decision to the Federal Circuit. See Paper 27.
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`On June 24, 2020 the Federal Circuit dismissed Petitioner’s appeal, upholding the
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`Board’s determination that institution was barred.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests a refund of the Inter Partes
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`Review Post-Institution fees paid in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.925. Please apply
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`the refund to the Deposit Account No. 50-1662, referencing Polsinelli Docket No.
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`082473-495242-IPR.
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`Date: November 5, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/James P. Murphy/
`James P. Murphy
`Reg. No. 55,474
`POLSINELLI PC
`1000 Louisiana Street,
`Suite 6400
`Houston, Texas 77002
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UNDER 37 C.F.R.§ 42.6(e)(4)
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing REQUEST
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`FOR REFUND OF INTER PARTES REVIEW POST-INSTITUTION FEE has
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`been served via Electronic Mail on November 5, 2020 upon the following:
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`Mark Johnson
`mjohnson@rennerotto.com
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`Luis Carrion
`lcarrion@rennerotto.com
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`Kyle Fleming
`kfleming@rennerotto.com
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`/Sabrina Alaniz/
`Sabrina Alaniz
`POLSINELLI PC
`1000 Louisiana, Sixty-Fourth Floor
`Houston, Texas 77002
`Tele: (713) 374-1600
`Fax: (713) 374-1601
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