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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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`FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2019-00636
`U.S. Patent No. 9,902,992
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
`THE POST-INSTITUTION PETITION FEE
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`IPR2019-00636
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`Petitioner Foundation Medicine, Inc. respectfully requests a refund in the
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`amount of $20,400.00 for post-institution filing fees paid in this proceeding to be
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`credited to Deposit Account 602052. On February 1, 2019, Petitioner filed a
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`petition for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 9,902,992, which was assigned
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`case number IPR2019-00636. Among the fees paid concurrently with filing the
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`petition was $20,400.00 in post-institution fee, as shown below:
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`On August 20, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued a
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`Decision denying institution of IPR2019-00636 (Paper No. 10). On September
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`18, 2019, Petitioner filed a Request for Rehearing of the Board’s Decision (Paper
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`No. 11), and on December 20, 2019, the Board entered a Decision denying
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`Petitioner’s Request for Rehearing (Paper No. 14). Accordingly, Petitioner
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`requests a refund in the amount of $20,400.00 for the post-institution fee paid in
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`connection with this proceeding.
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`Date: December 26, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Rolando Medina/
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`Rolando Medina, Reg. No. 54,756
`Eric J. Marandett, pro hac vice to be filed
`Margaret E. Ives, pro hac vice to be filed
`Stephanie L. Schonewald, Reg. No. 72,452
`CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP
`Two International Place
`Boston, MA 02110
`617-248-5000
`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`IPR2019-00636
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF THE POST-INSTITUTION PETITION FEE
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`was served electronically in its entirety on December 26, 2019 via electronic mail
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`to the following attorneys of record:
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` mrosato@wsgr.com
` sparmelee@wsgr.com
` sgerrard@wsgr.com
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`Date: December 26, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Rolando Medina/
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`Rolando Medina, Reg. No. 54,756
`Eric J. Marandett, pro hac vice to be filed
`Margaret E. Ives, pro hac vice to be filed
`Stephanie L. Schonewald, Reg. No. 72,452
`CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP
`Two International Place
`Boston, MA 02110
`617-248-5000
`Attorneys for Petitioner
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