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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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`MONOSOL RX, LLC
`Petitioner
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`ICOS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2017-00412
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`Patent 6,943,166
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`IPR2017-00412
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 F.R. 4211, 4234–4235 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner
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`MonoSol Rx, LLC (“Petitioner”) hereby requests a refund in the amount of
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`$14,000.00 to be paid to PTO customer deposit account number 5306519-4293.
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`On December 6, 2016 Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent 6,943,166 (Claims 1-12) with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`(“PTAB”), case number IPR2017-00412. In accordance with the fee schedule
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`specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a) Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the
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`amount of $23,000.00 with the PTO at the time of filing of its Petition to cover
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`associated fees. Petitioner’s payment consisted of the following:
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`Inter Partes Review Request Fee
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`Inter Partes Post-Institution Fee
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`$9,000.00
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`$14,000.00
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`TOTAL DEPOSIT
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`$23,000.00
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`On July 3, 2017, the PTAB Board issued a Decision Denying Institution of
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`Inter Partes Review (Paper No. 11). Petitioner filed with the PTAB a Request for
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`Rehearing on July 21, 2017 (Paper No. 12). On March 5, 2018, the PTAB Board
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`issued a Decision Denying Request for Rehearing (Paper No. 18). Accordingly,
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`Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $14,000.00 for the post-institution
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`fees that it has paid to the PTAB in connection with that proceeding.
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`Dated: March 9, 2018
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`IPR2017-00412
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Harold H. Fox/
`Harold H. Fox
`Reg. No 41,498
`hfox@steptoe.com
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`Telephone: 202-429-6284
`Facsimile: 202-429-3902
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`Counsel for MonoSol Rx, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`IPR2017-00412
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`I, the undersigned hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`was served on March 9, 2018 by filing this document through Patent Trial Appeal
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`Board End to End system as well as delivering a copy via electronic email to the
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`attorneys of record for the Patent Owner’s as follows:
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`Maureen D. Queler
`maureen.queler@finnegan.com
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`Mark J. Stewart
`stewart_mark@lilly.com
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`Dan L. Wood
`wood_dan_l@lilly.com
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`Mark J. Feldstein
`mark.feldstein@finnegan.com
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`Joshua L. Goldberg
`Joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
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`Yieyie Yang
`Yieyie.yang@finnegan.com
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`Gerald P. Keleher
`keleher_gerald@lilly.com
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`Date: March 9, 2018 By:
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`/Harold H. Fox/
`Harold H. Fox
`Reg. No 41,498
`hfox@steptoe.com
`STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP
`1330 Connecticut Ave., NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`Telephone: 202-429-6284
`Facsimile: 202-429-3902
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`Counsel for MonoSol Rx, LLC
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