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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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`ARGENTUM PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
`Petitioner
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`COSMO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED,
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,320,176
`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2018-000080
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
`OF INSTITUTION FEE
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`The petitioner Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC (“Argentum”) requests a
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`refund of the $14,000 institution fee paid when the inter partes review petition was
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`filed in IPR2018-00080 on October 20, 2017. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner and Patent Owner jointly requested termination on
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`April 20, 2018 and IPR2018-00080 was terminated on April 23, 2018. Argentum
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`therefore requests refund of the entire $14,000 institution fee. See 78 Fed. Reg.
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`4212, 4233 (Jan. 18, 2013) (“The entire post-institution fee would be returned to the
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`petitioner if the Office does not institute a review.”); see also PTAB E2E Frequently
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`Asked Questions, G10 (“If the proceeding is terminated before institution and the
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`petition was filed on or after March 19, 2013, the petitioner may file a request for a
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`refund of the post-institution fee paid.”).
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`Please pay the refund by crediting Laurence & Phillips IP Law’s deposit
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`account no. 50-6921.
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`Date: Apr. 30, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Kevin B. Laurence/
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`Kevin B. Laurence
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Registration No. 38,219
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on Apr. 30, 2018, a copy of the foregoing
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF INSTITUION FEE and all
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`documents filed with it were served via email upon the following counsel of record
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`for the patent owner, as consented to by said counsel:
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`Gary N. Frischling (gfrischling@irell.com)
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`Yite John Lu (yjlu@irell.com)
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`Dated: April 30, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Kevin B. Laurence/
`Kevin B. Laurence, Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Registration No. 38,219
`klaurence@lpiplaw.com
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`Laurence & Phillips IP Law
`1940 Duke St., Ste. 200
`Alexandria, Virginia 22314
`Telephone: 703-448-8787
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