`Filed: September 7, 2017
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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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`Myriad Genetics, Inc., Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., Bio-Rad Laboratories,
`Inc., and RainDance Technologies, Inc.,
`Petitioners,
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`The Johns Hopkins University,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01106
`Patent 7,824,889
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`REQUEST FOR A REFUND OF THE POST-INSTITUTION FEE FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,824,889
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`Case IPR2017-01106
`Patent 7,824,889
`Request for a Refund of the Post-Institution Fee
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`I.
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`STATEMENT OF RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Petitioners Myriad Genetics, Inc., Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., Bio-
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`Rad Laboratories, Inc., and RainDance Technologies, Inc. ("Petitioners")
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`respectfully request a refund of the post-institution fee they initially paid when
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`filing their petition for Inter Partes Review ("IPR") of U.S. Patent No. 7,824,889,
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`which was assigned case number IPR2017-01106.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`Petitioners filed their petition for IPR on March 17, 2017. (Paper 1.) On
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`April 5, 2017, the Board accorded the petition a filing date of March 17, 2017 and
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`gave the Patent Owner until July 5, 2017 to file a Preliminary Response. (Paper 4.)
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`The Patent Owner did not file a Preliminary Response. On August 16, 2017,
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`Petitioners and Patent Owner submitted a Joint Motion to Terminate the IPR of
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`U.S. Patent 7,824,889. (Paper 7.) On August 22, 2017, the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board granted the Joint Motion to Terminate and ordered that the petition
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`be dismissed. (Paper No. 9.) The Board noted that "it is appropriate to dismiss
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`each case without rendering a decision as to whether a trial will be instituted." (Id.
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`at 2.)
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`Because no trial was instituted, Petitioners request a refund of the $15,200
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`post-institution fee they paid pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2) when filing the
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`petition. Payment of the $15,200 post-institution fee was processed on March 17,
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`2017 and charged to the undersigned's Deposit Account No. 505708. Upon review
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`and approval of this request, Petitioners respectfully request that the Board credit
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`the post-institution fee to Deposit Account No. 505708.
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`Date: September 7, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Peter J. Armenio (Reg. No. 41,588)/
`PETER J. ARMENIO (REG. NO. 41,588)
`ANNE S. TOKER (REG. NO. 53,692)
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`QUINN EMANUEL
`URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
`51 MADISON AVENUE
`NEW YORK, NY 10010
`TEL: (212) 849-7000
`FAX: (212) 849-7100
`PETERARMENIO@QUINNEMANUEL.COM
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby confirms that the foregoing Request for a Refund of
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`the Post-Institution Fee for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,824,889 was
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`served on September 7, 2017 via e-email upon the following counsel of record for
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`the Patent Owner.
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`Tina W. McKeon
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND &
`STOCKTON LLP
`1100 Peachtree St, N.E., Suite 2800
`Atlanta, GA 30309-4528
`tmckeon@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`John C. Alemanni
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND &
`STOCKTON LLP
`4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1400
`Raleigh, NC 27609
`jalemanni@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Benjamin C. Hsing
`BAKER & HOSTETLER, LLP
`45 Rockefeller Plaza
`New York, NY 10111-0100
`bhsing@bakerlaw.com
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`/Peter J. Armenio (Reg. No. 41,588)/
`PETER J. ARMENIO (REG. NO. 41,588)
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`Date: September 7, 2017
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