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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.: 2015-00290
`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 - 6414041 v1
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
`FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`On November 21, 2014, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and Mercedes-Benz
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`U.S. International, Inc. (collectively, “Petitioner”) filed a petition for inter partes
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`review seeking review of claims 31-32, 61-80, and 82-84, as then amended or
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`added during the reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 5,954,781. Petitioner paid an
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`inter partes review post-institution fee of $14,000 and an inter partes post-
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`institution request fee of $4,000 for 10 claims in excess of 15.
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`Prior to institution, the Board issued an Order dismissing the petition on
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`February 4, 2015. Petitioner therefore respectfully requests a refund of $18,000 for
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`the aforementioned post-institution fees. See, e.g., 78 Fed. Reg. 4233-4234. Upon
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`approval of this request, Petitioner asks that the Board credit such refund to the
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`undersigned’s Deposit Account No. Deposit Account No. 50-1349.
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`Dated: February 11, 2015
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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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