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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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`LUPIN, LTD. and LUPIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
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`Petitioners,
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`AMGEN, INC.,
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2021-00326
`U.S. Patent No. 9,856,287
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`On December 15, 2020, Petitioners Lupin, Ltd. and Lupin Pharmaceuticals,
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`Inc. filed a Petition seeking inter partes review of claims 1-30 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9,856,287. Paper 1. In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a)(2) and (4), Petitioners
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`paid a total post-institution fee of $30,000 at the time of filing. On July 12, 2021,
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`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied institution. Paper 8.
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`As such, Petitioners respectfully request a refund of $30,000 for the post-
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`institution fees in the case of IPR 2021-00326 . Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees
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`During Fiscal Year 2017, 82 Fed. Reg. 52790 (Nov. 14, 2017) (“The USPTO will
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`refund the post-institution fee if the inter partes review proceeding is not instituted
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`by the PTAB.”).
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`Dated: August 17, 2021
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` By: /Michael W. Johnson/
`Thomas J. Meloro (Reg. No. 33,538)
`Michael W. Johnson (Reg. No. 63,731)
`Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
`787 Seventh Avenue
`New York, New York 10019-6099
`Telephone: (212) 728-8248
`Facsimile: (212) 728-8111
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`Counsel for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing: REQUEST FOR
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`REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES was served electronically via email as
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`Patent Owners:
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`Megan Raymond (Reg. No. 72,997)
`J. Steven Baughman (Reg. No. 47,414)
`Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
`mraymond@paulweiss.com
`sbaughman@paulweiss.com
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`Dated: August 17, 2021
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` By: /Michael W. Johnson/
`Thomas J. Meloro (Reg. No. 33,538)
`Michael W. Johnson (Reg. No. 63,731)
`Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
`787 Seventh Avenue
`New York, New York 10019-6099
`Telephone: (212) 728-8248
`Facsimile: (212) 728-8111
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`Counsel for Petitioners
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