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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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`ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.,
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`3SHAPE A/S,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2022-00144
`U.S. Patent No. RE48,221
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`THE POST-INSTITUTION FEE
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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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`Case IPR2022-00144
`U.S. Patent No. RE48,221
`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4,211, 4,233-34 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner
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`requests a refund in the amount of $27,750.00 to be paid to deposit account
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`number 19-0036.
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`On November 9, 2021, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`seeking review of claims 1, 19-44 of U.S. Patent No. RE48,221 (assigned case
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`number IPR2022-00144) (Paper 1). On February 18, 2022, Petitioner filed a
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`Motion to Dismiss the Petition (Paper 7), which the Board granted on February 25,
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`2022 (Paper 9). Trial was never instituted in this proceeding.
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`The Rules provide for a refund of the institution fee if the Board does not
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`institute trial. Payment of the $27,750.00 post-institution fee under 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.15(b)(2) in this proceeding was processed through PTAB E2E on October 12,
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`2021.
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`Relief requested:
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $27,750.00 for
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`the post-institution fee that it has paid to the USPTO in connection with this
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`proceeding.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
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`Jason D. Eisenberg
`Registration No. 43,447
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`Date: March 8, 2022
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20008
`(202) 371-2600
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF THE POST-
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`INSTITUTION FEE was served electronically via e-mail on March 8, 2022 in its
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`entirety on the following counsel for Patent Owner:
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`Todd R. Walters (Lead Counsel) todd.walters@bipc.com
`Roger H. Lee (Back-Up Counsel) roger.lee@bipc.com
`Andrew R. Cheslock (Back-up Counsel) andrew.cheslock@bipc.com
`BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
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`Jason D. Eisenberg
`Registration No. 43,447
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`Date: March 8, 2022
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20008
`(202) 371-2600
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`18105713.1
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