`Tel: 571-272-7822 Entered: December 19, 2014
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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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`MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC and MERCEDES-BENZ U.S.
`INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`VELOCITY PATENT LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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` IPR2014-01247
`Patent 5,954,781
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`Before JAMESON LEE, GLENN J. PERRY, and PETER P.
`CHEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
` Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2014-01247
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`In a conference call held on December 12, 2014, counsel for Patent
`Owner indicated an intent and desire to request, in this proceeding,
`cancellation of claims 31 and 32 of U.S. Patent No. 5,954,781 (the ’781
`patent). In an Order dated December 15, 2014 (Paper 12), we authorized
`Patent Owner to file a request or motion to cancel claims 31 and 32. On
`December 18, 2014, Patent Owner instead filed a paper entitled, “Request
`Pursuant to December 15 2014 Order” and requesting “that the Board enter
`an Order acknowledging that claims 31 and 32 have been canceled via
`statutory disclaimer and dismissing” the Petition herein (Paper 15). The
`Paper 15 is not as authorized in our Order of December 15, 2014.
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`ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Paper 15 will be expunged from the record;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is still authorized to file a
`request to cancel claims 31 and 32 in this proceeding; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner has through December 29,
`2014, to file a request to cancel claims 31 and 32, or to inform the Board that
`it no longer desires to cancel claims 31 and 32.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Celine Jimenez Crowson
`celine.crowson@hoganlovells.com
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`Joseph Raffetto
`joseph.raffetto@hoganlovells.com
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`Raymond Kurz
`raymond.kurz@hoganlovells.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Patrick Richards
`patrick@richardspatentlaw.com
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`Howard Levin
`hlevin@mavllp.com
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