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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS CORPORATION OF THE
`AMERICAS, and OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.,
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`Petitioners,
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`MAXELL LTD., formerly known as HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2018-00904
`Patent No. 8,339,493
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`PTAB Case No. IPR2018-00904
`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`The petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,339,493 (Case No.
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`IPR2018-00904) was dismissed by an Order issued by the PTAB on December 26,
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`2018 (Paper No. 9). If a petition is not instituted, any post-institution fees paid by
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`the Petitioner may be refunded.
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`In light of the above circumstances, Petitioner hereby requests a refund in
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`the total amount of $15,000.00 for the Inter Partes post-institution fees previously
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`paid by Petitioner in connection with this proceeding.
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`The determination of the above refund is based on the following. On June
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`20, 2018, Petitioner filed a petition for Inter Partes Review of claims 1-14 of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,339,493 (IPR2018-00904, Paper No. 2), accompanied by a total
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`payment of $30,500.00 in accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.15(a):
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`Inter Partes review request fee:
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`Inter Partes review request of each claim in excess of 20:
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`Inter Partes review post-institution fee:
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`Inter Partes review post-institution request of each claim
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`Total fees paid:
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`$15,500.00
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`$0.00
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`$15,000.00
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`$0.00
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`$30,500.00
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`PTAB Case No. IPR2018-00904
`Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`Under the Board’s current practice, Petitioner is entitled to a refund of the
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`above listed Inter Partes post-institution fees in the total amount of $15,000.00.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board grant this
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`request for refund of the Inter Partes post-institution fees, and credit a refund in
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`the amount of $15,000.00 to Petitioner's Deposit Account No. 50-0665, charge
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`number 123955-0003.0002.
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`Dated: January 30, 2019
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`PERKINS COIE LLP
`30 Rockefeller Plaza, 22nd Floor
`New York, NY 10112
`(212) 262-6900 (phone)
`(212) 977-1649 (fax)
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` /Matthew J. Moffa /
`Lead Counsel
`William J. McCabe, Reg. No. 33,536
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`Back-Up Counsel
`Matthew J. Moffa, Reg. No. 58,860
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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`PTAB Case No. IPR2018-00904
`Petitioner's Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
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`Certificate of Service (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4))
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`I hereby certify that the attached PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR
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`REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES was served as of the below date by
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`electronic mail on the Patent Owner at the following correspondence address:
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`Robert G. Pluta
`rpluta@mayerbrown.com
`Michael J. Word
`mword@mayerbrown.com
`Saqib J. Siddiqui
`ssiddiqui@mayerbrown.com
`Jamie B. Beaber
`jbeaber@mayerbrown.com
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`Dated: January 30, 2019
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`PERKINS COIE LLP
`30 Rockefeller Plaza, 22nd Floor
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` /Matthew J. Moffa /
`Lead Counsel
`William J. McCabe, Reg. No. 33,536
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`Back-Up Counsel
`Matthew J. Moffa, Reg. No. 58,860
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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