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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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`R.J. REYNOLDS VAPOR COMPANY,
`Petitioner,
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`PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2021-00826
`U.S. Patent No. 9,814,265
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`PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Under the Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Rule Setting and Adjusting
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`Patent Fees, 78 Fed. Reg. 4212, 4233–34 (Jan. 18, 2013), Petitioner requests a refund
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`in the amount of $22,500 to be paid to Deposit Account No. 50-3013.
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`On April 19, 2021, Petitioner filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) in
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`the above-captioned case seeking review of claims 1, 3-5, 8, and 17 of U.S. Patent No.
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`9,814,265. In accordance with the fee schedule specified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a),
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`Petitioner paid $41,500 at the time of filing of the petition. Petitioner’s payment
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`IPR2021-00826 Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
`Patent 9,814,265
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`consisted of $19,000 for the IPR request fee and a further $22,500 in post-institution
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`fees.
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`On November 9, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied institution of
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`IPR, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314. Accordingly, Petitioner requests a refund of
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`$22,500 for the post-institution fees that it has paid in connection with
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`IPR2021-00826.
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`Dated: December 8, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Matthew W. Johnson/
`Matthew W. Johnson
`Reg. No. 59,108
`JONES DAY
`500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
`Telephone: (412) 394-9524
`Facsimile: (412) 394-7959
`mwjohnson@jonesday.com
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`IPR2021-00826 Petitioner’s Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fees
`Patent 9,814,265
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing was served on
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`December 8, 2021 via electronic mail on the following Patent Owner’s counsels:
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`Jonathan M. Strang (jonathan.strang@lw.com)
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`Clement Naples (clement.naples@lw.com)
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`Lawrence J. Gotts (Lawrence.gotts@lw.com)
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`Surendra K. Ravula (surendrakumar.ravula@lw.com)
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`Razi Safi (razi.safit@lw.com)
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`Dated: December 8, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Matthew W. Johnson/
`Matthew W. Johnson
`Reg. No. 59,108
`JONES DAY
`500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
`Telephone: (412) 394-9524
`Facsimile: (412) 394-7959
`mwjohnson@jonesday.com
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