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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARGOS USA LLC, DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., THE GILLETTE
`COMPANY, LLC, MILACRON LLC, PLY GEM INDUSTRIES, INC.,
`REVLON CONSUMER PRODUCTS CORPORATION, CALPINE
`CORPORATION, WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., LIBERTY
`MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INTERNATIONAL PAPER
`COMPANY, STATE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS CORP., BASSETT
`FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`GUADA TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner,
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`Case IPR2021-00771
`Patent 7,231,379
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Proceeding No. IPR2021-00771
`Attorney Docket No.: 00012-0119IP1
`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioners
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`Argos USA LLC, Dole Food Company, Inc., The Gillette Company, LLC,
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`Milacron LLC, Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Revlon Consumer Products Corporation,
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`Calpine Corporation, Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Liberty Mutual Insurance
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`Company, International Paper Company, State Industrial Products Corp. and
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`Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc., request a refund in the amount of $22,500.00 to
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`be paid to deposit account number 06-1050.
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`On April 7, 2021, Petitioners filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,231,379 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was assigned
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`case number IPR2021-00771. In accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioners deposited an electronic payment in the amount of
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`$19,000.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover associated
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`fees with Petitioners’ inter partes review request, and a further $22,500.00 in Post-
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`Institution fees.
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`On September 7, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered a pre-
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`institution termination decision. Accordingly, Petitioners request a refund in the
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`amount of $22,500.00 for the post-institution fees that they has paid to the USPTO
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`in connection with this proceeding.
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`Date: October 6, 2021
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`Proceeding No. IPR2021-00771
`Attorney Docket No.: 00012-0119IP1
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` /Joshua A. Griswold/
`Joshua A. Griswold, Reg. No. 46,310
`Ricardo Bonilla, Reg. No. 65,190
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`Attorneys for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e)(4), the undersigned certifies that on October 6,
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`2021, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioners’ Request For Refund Of Post-
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`Institution Fees was provided via email to Patent Owner by serving the email
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`correspondence addresses of record as follows:
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`Sanjay Pant
`PRA Law
`2800 Bartons Bluff Lane #1902
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`Gautham Bodepudi
`15922 El Dorado Parkway, Suite 500-1572
`Frisco, TX 75035
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`Email: spant@pralawllc.com
`gbodepudi@outlook.com
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`/Diana Bradley/
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`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(858) 678-5667
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