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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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`MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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`Petitioner
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`INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Case No. 2019-00960
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`Patent RE38,844
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313–1450
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`IPR2019-00960
`Patent RE38,844
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`Petitioner, MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, INC., hereby
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`requests a refund of post-institution fees in the amount of $28,800. See 78 Fed. Reg.
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`4,212, 4,233 (January 18, 2013) (“This fee would be returned to the petitioner if the
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`Office does not institute a review.”); see also Frequently Asked Questions, E7,
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`PTABE2E (“[T]he petitioner may file in PTAB E2E a request for a refund of any
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`post-institution fee paid.”).
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`On April 9, 2019, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`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 $20,900
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`in fees associated with the request for Inter Partes Review and $28,800 in post-
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`institution fees as required by 37 C.F.R. 42.15(a)(2).
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`On October 17, 2019, the Board issued an Order Denying Institution of Inter
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`Partes Review as to all challenged claims, and no trial was instituted (Paper 10).
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund of the post-institution fees paid to the
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`USPTO in connection with this proceeding, totaling $28,800, to be paid to deposit
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`account number 230457 (with reference to Customer Number 24335 and Attorney
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`Docket No. 152774.167807).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`MAHLE Filter Systems North America, Inc.
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`By /Randall J. Peck/
`Randall J. Peck, Reg. No. 66,147
`WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD LLP
`2000 Town Center
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`Southfield, MI 48075-1318
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`Dated: April 10, 2020
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`Certificate of Service
`37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4)
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`I certify that on April 10, 2020, I am causing a copy of this PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES to be served via
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`electronic mail upon the following:
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`Brian M. Buroker, Esquire
`GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20036
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
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`Omar F. Amin, Esquire
`GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20036
`oamin@gibsondunn.com
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`Dated: April 10, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`MAHLE Filter Systems North America, Inc.
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`By /Randall J. Peck/
`Randall J. Peck, Reg. No. 66,147
`WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD LLP
`2000 Town Center
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`Southfield, MI 48075-1318
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