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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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`Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
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`Petitioner
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`Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1
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`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2017-00931
`United States Patent RE41,980
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES FOR INTER
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`IPR2017-00931
`U.S. Patent RE41,980
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`On February 17, 2017, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company,
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`Ltd. (Petitioner) filed a petition for inter partes review of claims 18, 19, 30-36, and
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`47-51, of U.S. Patent No. RE41,980, Paper No. 1. The Board denied institution in
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`Paper No. 9, dated August 16, 2017. In accordance with 37 C.F.R. 42.15(a)(2), the
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`post-institution fees paid at the time of filing should be returned. Petitioner hereby
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`requests a refund of $14,000 for the post-institution fees in the case of IPR2017-
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`00931.
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`The payment was provided via credit card and processed in PTAB End To
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`End System (PTAB E2E) on February 17, 2017. Upon review and approval of this
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`request, we respectfully request the Board credit the requested amount to
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`Petitioner. The amount may be (1) credited to the American Express account from
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`which payment was provided (card number ending 2001); or (2) deposited into
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`PTO Account No. 060916. If more information is necessary to provide payment,
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`please contact counsel listed below.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` By: /Stephen E. Kabakoff/
`Dated: November 13, 2019
` Stephen E. Kabakoff, Backup Counsel
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` Reg. No. 51,276
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`IPR2017-00931
`U.S. Patent RE41,980
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), this is to certify that I served true and
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`correct copies of the REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION
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`FEES FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. RE41,980 by
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`electronic mail, on this 13th day of November, 2019, on counsel of record for the
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`Patent Owner as follows:
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`Michael J. Fink
`mfink@gbpatent.com
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`Neil F. Greenblum
`ngreenblum@gbpatent.com
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`Arnold Turk
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`By: /Lauren K. Young/
`Lauren K. Young
`Litigation Legal Assistant
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.
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`Dated: November 13, 2019
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