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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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`CLEARFIELD, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2017-02122
`Patent No. 8,705,929
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`IPR2017-02122
`U.S. Patent No. 8,705,929
`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`On September 15, 2017, Petitioner (Clearfield, Inc.) filed the Petition
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`challenging claims 1-3, 5-8, 10-13, 15-17, 19, and 20 of U.S. Patent 8,705,929. In
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`accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a) at the time of
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`filing, Petitioner provided the PTO with a deposit account payment in the amount
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`of $23,400. Petitioner’s payment consisted of $9,000 for the request for inter
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`partes review up to twenty claims (§ 42.15(a)(1)), $14,000 for post-institution fees
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`up to fifteen claims (§ 42.15(a)(2)), and $400 for post-institution fees for one
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`excess claim (§ 42.15(a)(4)). On March 20, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board entered judgment terminating IPR2017-02122 prior to institution (Paper 9).
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`Petitioner hereby requests a refund in the amount of $14,400 for the post-
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`institution fees that it paid to the PTO in connection with this proceeding. Please
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`refund the post-institution fees to Deposit Account No. 500436, under Docket No.
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`140796.00030.
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`Dated:
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` April 5, 2018
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`By: /William D. Belanger/
`William D. Belanger, Reg. No. 40,509
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`belangerw@pepperlaw.com
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`1
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`IPR2017-02122
`U.S. Patent No. 8,705,929
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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` hereby certify that on April 5, 2018, a true and accurate copy of this paper,
`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES, was served on the
`following counsel for Patent Owner via email:
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`Dated:
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`Philip P. Caspers (pcaspers@carlsoncaspers.com)
`Matthew J. Goggin (mgoggin@carlsoncaspers.com)
`Timothy A. Lindquist (tlindquist@carlsoncaspers.com)
`Samuel A. Hamer (shamer@carlsoncaspers.com)
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` April 5, 2018
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`By: /William D. Belanger/
`William D. Belanger, Reg. No. 40,509
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`belangerw@pepperlaw.com
`Counsel for Petitioner
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