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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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`WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
`Petitioner,
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`BIOMEDICAL DEVICE CONSULTANTS & LABORATORIES OF
`COLORADO, LLC
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2018-00498
`Patent 9,186,224
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`\WBD (US) 43036568v1
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`Petitioner Waters Technologies Corporation requests a refund of post-
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`institution fees in the amount of $14,000.00.
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`Petitioner filed an inter partes review petition on January 15, 2018, which
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`was assigned case number IPR2018-00498. As required by 37 CFR § 42.15(a)
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`then in effect, Petitioner deposited a fee of $23,000.00 with the U.S. Patent and
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`Trademark Office at the time of filing the petition. Petitioner’s fee consisted of
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`$9,000.00 in fees associated with the Request for the Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent 9,186,224 and $14,000.00 in post-institution fees.
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`On May 25, 2018, the Patent Trials and Appeals Board issued a written
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`order to dismiss the petition in this proceeding. (Decision; Paper No. 7). The
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`dismissal was granted in response to a Joint Motion to Terminate the Proceedings
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`(Motion; Paper No. 6) and occurred during the preliminary stage of the proceeding,
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`prior to an institution decision. Accordingly, Petitioner Waters Technologies
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`Corporation requests a refund of the post-institution fees ($14,000.00) paid in
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`connection with the filing of the petition. Petitioner requests that the refund be
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`returned to Deposit Account No. 09-0528.
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`Dated: June 5, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Deborah M. Vernon, Reg. No. 55,699/
`Deborah M. Vernon, PhD
`Reg. No. 55,699
`Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
`Two International Place
`Boston, MA 02110
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that, on June 5, 2018, I caused a true and correct copy of:
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`• Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`to be served via electronic mail at the following address provided by patent
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`owner:
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`Docketing-DV@dorsey.com
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`BDC-WatersIPR@dorsey.com
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`Dated: June 5, 2018
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`/Tricia A. Troup/
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`Tricia A. Troup, Paralegal
`Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
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`WBD (US) 43036568v1
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`Certificate of Service
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