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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SMR AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS USA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00520
`Patent No. 8,267,534
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR PARTIAL REFUND
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`Case IPR2018-00520
`Patent No. 8,267,534
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`On January 22, 2018, SMR Automotive Systems USA, Inc. (“Petitioner”)
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`filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review (IPR2018-00520) seeking review of all
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`claims (1-20) of U.S. Patent No. 8,267,534.
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`Due to a clerical error, Petitioner paid fees for 26 claims, not 20 claims,
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`totaling $38,900. The total for 20 claims is $33,500. As a result, Petitioner
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`overpaid by $5,400.
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`On January 25, 2018, Petitioner contacted the Board via email, seeking
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`guidance regarding its overpayment. The Board (via an email from Supervisory
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`Paralegal Andrew Kellogg) subsequently directed Petitioner to file this request for
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`a partial refund of $5,400.
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`Therefore, upon review and approval of the request, Petitioner respectfully
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`asks the Board to credit $5,400 to Petitioner’s by depositing such amount into PTO
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`Deposit Account No. 506269 of Latham & Watkins LLP.
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`Dated: January 29, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: / Charles H. Sanders /
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`Charles H. Sanders (Reg. No. 47,053)
`charles.sanders@lw.com
`Anant K. Saraswat (Reg. No. 76,050)
`anant.saraswat@lw.com
`Latham & Watkins LLP
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`Jonathan M. Strang (Reg. No. 61,724)
`jonathan.strang@lw.com
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, NW, Ste. 1000
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`202.637.2200; 202.637.2201 (Fax)
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that Petitioner’s Request for Partial Refund
`were served on the official correspondence address for the patent shown in
`PAIR and a courtesy copy to Patent Owner’s current litigation counsel:
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`Frederick Burkhart, et al.
`Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP
`2851 Charlevoix Dr., SE, Suite 207
`Grand Rapids, MI 49546
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`Thomas D. Rein
`Sidley Austin LLP
`One S Dearborn St.
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`via FEDERAL EXPRESS next business day delivery, on January 29, 2018.
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`By:
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`/ Charles H. Sanders /
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`Charles H. Sanders (Reg. No. 47,053)
`charles.sanders@lw.com
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`John Hancock Tower, 27th Floor
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`Boston, MA 02116
`617.948.6000; 617.948.6001 (Fax)
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`Counsel for Petitioner
`SMR Automotive Systems USA, Inc.
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