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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BASF CORPORATION
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`Petitioner
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`INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2019-00202
`Patent RE38,844
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`IPR2019-00202
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`Petitioner, BASF Corporation, hereby requests a refund of post-institution
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`fees in the amount of $28,800. See 78 Fed. Reg. 4,212, 4,233 (January 18, 2013)
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`(“This fee would be returned to the petitioner if the Office does not institute a
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`review.”); see also Frequently Asked Questions, E7, PTABE2E (“[T]he petitioner
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`may file in PTAB E2E a request for a refund of any post-institution fee paid.”).
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`On November 5, 2018, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent RE38,844. As required by 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited
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`$49,700.00 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) at the time of
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`filing the Petition to cover associated fees. Petitioner’s payment consisted of
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`$20,900 in fees associated with the request for Inter Partes Review, and a further
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`$28,800 payment in post-institution fees as required by 37 C.F.R. 42.15(a)(2).
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`On May 13, 2019, the Board issued an Order Denying Institution of Inter
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`Partes Review as to all challenged claims, and no trial is instituted (Paper 10) and
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`on October 17, 2019, the Board issued a Decision Denying Petitioner’s Request for
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`Rehearing of Institution Decision (Paper 13). Accordingly, Petitioner requests a
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`refund of the post-institution fees paid to the USPTO in connection with this
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`proceeding, totaling $28,800, to be paid to deposit account number 110980
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`(referencing Customer No. 154690 and Attorney Docket No. 22572.112006).
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`Date: March 18, 2020
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`KING & SPALDING LLP
`1700 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
`Washington, DC 20006-4707
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`KING & SPALDING LLP
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`Lori A. Gordon
`Registration No. 50,633
`Attorney for BASF Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES was served via
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`electronic mail on March 18, 2020, in its entirety on the following:
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`Brian M. Buroker, Reg. No. 39,125
`GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20036
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
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`KING & SPALDING LLP
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`Lori A. Gordon
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`Date: March 18, 2020
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`KING & SPALDING LLP
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