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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC and
`MERCEDES-BENZ U.S. INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VELOCITY PATENT LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR Case No.: 2014-01247
`Patent No. 5,954,781
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
`FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`\\DC - 003540/001456 - 6359932 v1
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
`FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`On August 4, 2014, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and Mercedes-Benz U.S.
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`International, Inc. (collectively, “Petitioner”) filed a petition for inter partes
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`review seeking review of claims 31-32 of U.S. Patent No. 5,954,781. Petitioner
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`paid an inter partes review post-institution fee of $14,000.
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`Prior to institution of this proceeding, Patent Owner Velocity Patent, LLC
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`(“Velocity”) moved to cancel claims 31-32. On January 6, 2015, the Board granted
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`this motion, cancelled claims 31-32, and entered adverse judgment against
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`Velocity.
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`Petitioner therefore respectfully requests a refund of $14,000 for the post-
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`insitution fee. See, e.g., 78 Fed. Reg. 4233-4234. Upon approval of this request,
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`Petitioner asks that the Board credit such refund to the undersigned’s Deposit
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`Account No. Deposit Account No. 50-1349.
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`Dated: January 20, 2015
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`\\DC - 003540/001456 - 6359932 v1
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Celine J. Crowson/
`Celine Jimenez Crowson (Reg. No. 40,357)
`HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
`555 13th Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20004
`Telephone: 202.637.5600
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`One of the attorneys for Petitioner
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