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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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`FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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`Petitioner
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`ETHANOL BOOSTING SYSTEMS, LLC, and MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE
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`OF TECHNOLOGY,
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`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2020-00013
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,069,839
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND
`OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Petitioner Ford Motor Company (“Ford” or “Petitioner”) requests a refund of
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`post-institution fees in the amount of $15,000.
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`On October 16, 2019, Petitioner filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,069,839. As required by 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioners
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`deposited $30,500 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) at the
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`time of filing the Petition to cover associated fees. Petitioner’s payment consisted
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`of $15,500 in fees associated with the request for Inter Partes Review, and a further
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`$15,000 in post-institution fees.
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`On March 26, 2020, the Board issued a Decision Denying Institution of Inter
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`Partes Review (Paper No. 9). Inter Partes Review was thus not instituted.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund of the post-institution fees paid to the
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`USPTO in connection with this proceeding, totaling $15,000, to be paid to Deposit
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`Account No. 16-0605 (referencing matter number 046339/527886).
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`April 29, 2020
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`/ Christopher TL Douglas /
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`Christopher TL Douglas (Reg. No. 56,950)
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), that a complete copy of the
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`attached Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees was served by
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`filing this document through the PTAB’s E2E Filing System as well as delivering a
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`copy via electronic service (as agreed by counsel for Patent Owner) upon the
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`following:
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`Lawrence P. Cogswell III, Ph.D. (lawrence.cogswell@hbsr.com);
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`Keith J. Wood (keith.wood@hbsr.com).
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`April 29, 2020
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`/ Christopher TL Douglas /
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`Christopher TL Douglas (Reg. No. 56,950)
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