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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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`UNIFIED PATENTS, INC.,
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`VELOCITY PATENT, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-01723
`U.S. Patent 5,954,781
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`PATENT OWNER VELOCITY PATENT LLC’S
`MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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`Patent Owner, Velocity Patent, LLC provides the following
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`Mandatory Notices in accordance with 37 C.F.R. 42.8(a)(2).
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`I. Real Party in Interest
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`Velocity Patent, LLC is the real party-in-interest in U.S. Patent No.
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`5,954,781.
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`II. Related Matters
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`The Patent Owner identifies the following judicial and/or
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`administrative matters that may affect, or may be affected by, a decision in
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`this Inter Partes Review:
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`• Velocity Patent LLC v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, Mercedes-
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`Benz U.S. International, Inc., No. 1:13-cv-08413 (N.D. Ill. 2013).
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`• Velocity Patent LLC v. FCA US LLC, No. 1:13-cv-08419 (N.D.
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`Ill. 2013).
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`III. Lead and Backup Counsel
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`Patent Owner hereby designates the following counsel:
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`Lead Counsel
`Howard E. Levin
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`180 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2215
`Chicago, IL 60601
`Phone: (312) 216-1625
`Fax: (312) 216-1621
`howard.levin.ipr@haynesboone.com
`USPTO Customer No. 27683
`USPTO Reg. No. 50,480
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`Thomas B. King
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`600 Anton Blvd., Suite 700
`Costa Mesa, CA 92626
`Phone: (949) 202-3059
`Fax: (949) 2002-3159
`ipr.thomas.king@haynesboone.com
`USPTO Customer No. 27683
`USPTO Reg. No. 69,721
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`Back-up Counsel
`James A. Shimota (Admission Pro Hac
`Vice Pending)
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`180 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2215
`Chicago, IL 60601
`Phone: (312) 216-1624
`Fax: (312) 216-1621
`jim.shimota@haynesboone.com
`USPTO Customer No. 27683
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`IV. Service Information
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`Patent Owner may be served through its counsel identified above. Patent
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`Owner consents to, and would prefer, service by email.
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`Date: August 14, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted
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`/Howard Levin/
`Howard Levin
`Registration No. 50,480
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent Owner
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`VELOCITY PATENT LLC’S Mandatory Notices was served on the following
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`counsel on August 14, 2017 by email to:
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`PTABInbound@fr.com
`IPR43930-0004IP1@fr.com
`axf-ptab@fr.com
`C. Eric Schulman (schulman@fr.com)
`David Holt (holt2@fr.com)
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`Jonathan Stroud (jonathan@unifiedpatents.com)
`Ashraf Fawzy (afawzy@unifiedpatents.com
`Unified Patents, Inc.
`1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Floor 10
`Washington DC, 20003
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`Date: August 14, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted
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`/Howard Levin/
`Howard Levin
`Registration No. 50,480
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