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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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`HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS USA INC.,
`HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC,
`Petitioner,
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`AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2022-00215
`Patent 8,642,077 B2
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`PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR REFUND
`OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Petitioners respectfully request a refund of post-institution fees in the
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`amount of $22,500.
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`On November 30, 2021, Petitioners filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`of U.S. Patent No. 8,642,077. As required by 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioners paid
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`$41,500 to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at the time of filing the Petition
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`to cover the associated fees. Petitioners’ payment consisted of $19,000 in fees
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`associated with the request for Inter Partes Review, and a further $22,500 in post-
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`institution fees.
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`On March 14, 2022, the Board issued a Decision (Paper No. 8) to Terminate
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`the proceeding before institution based on an agreement between the parties.
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`Because review was not instituted, Petitioner is entitled to a refund of $22,500 for
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`the post-institution fee. See 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4234 (Jan. 18, 2013) (“[I]f the
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`review is not instituted at all, the portion of the fee covering the trial would be
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`returned.”).
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`Petitioner therefore requests a refund of the $22,500 post-institution fee.
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`The refund may be deposited in Winston & Strawn LLP Deposit Account
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`No. 50-1814.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Jovial Wong/
`Jovial Wong
`Reg. No. 60,115
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`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`Dated: March 15, 2022
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`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`1901 L Street NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`Telephone: 202-282-5000
`Fax: 202-282-5100
`Email: HikmaIPR@winston.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e) and 42.105, I certify that I caused to be
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`served a true and correct copy of the PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR REFUND
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`OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES by electronic mail on March 15, 2022, on the
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`following attorneys:
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`David B. Fournier (fournier-ptab@perkinscoie.com)
`Kourtney Mueller Merrill (merrill-ptab@perkinscoie.com)
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`110 North Wacker Drive, Suite 3400
`Chicago, Illinois 60606-1511
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Jovial Wong/
`Jovial Wong
`Reg. No. 60,115
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`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`Dated: March 15, 2022
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`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`1901 L Street NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`Telephone: 202-282-5000
`Fax: 202-282-5100
`Email: HikmaIPR@winston.com
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