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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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`INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-00938
`Patent 9,113,874
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2018-00938
`Attorney Docket: 11030-0049IP6
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`Pursuant to the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and
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`Adjusting Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4232–4234 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner,
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`Intuitive Surgical, Inc. request a refund in the amount of $18,600.00 to be paid to
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`deposit account number 06-1050.
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`On May 16, 2018, Petitioners filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 9,113,874 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that was assigned
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`case number IPR2018-00938. In accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.15(a), Petitioner deposited an electronic payment in the amount of
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`$15,800.00 with the Board at the time of filing of its Petition to cover associated
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`fees with Petitioner’s inter partes review request, and a further $18,600.00 in Post-
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`Institution fees.
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`On December 4, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied institution,
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`and on June 11, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied our request for
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`rehearing. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund in the amount of $18,600.00
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`for the post-institution fees that it has paid to the USPTO in connection with this
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`proceeding.
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`Dated:
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`June 12, 2019
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2018-00938
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Steven R. Katz/
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` Steven R. Katz, Reg. No. 43,706
`John C. Phillips, Reg. No. 35,322
`Ryan P. O’Connor, Reg. No. 60,254
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
` T: 858-678-5070
` F: 877-769-7945
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2018-00938
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) et seq. and 42.205(b), the undersigned
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`certifies that on June 12, 2019, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees was provided via electronic service, to
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`the Patent Owner by serving the correspondence address of record as follows:
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`Anish R. Desai
`Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser
`Adrian Percer
`Christopher T. Marando
`Christopher M. Pepe
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153
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`Ethicon.IPR.Service@weil.com
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`E-mail:
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`/Diana Bradley/
`Diana Bradley
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(858) 678-5667
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