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` Paper 34
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` Entered: February 7, 2022
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE OFFICE OF THE UNDERSECRETARY AND DIRECTOR OF
`THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`MERCEDES-BENZ, USA, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`CARUCEL INVESTMENTS, L.P.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2019-01298 (Patent 7,221,904 B1)
`IPR2019-01404 (Patent 7,979,023 B2)
`IPR2019-01441 (Patent 8,718,543 B2)
`IPR2019-01442 (Patent 7,848,701 B2)
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`Before ANDREW HIRSHFELD, Commissioner for Patents, Performing the
`Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
`Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`ORDER
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`IPR2019-01298 (Patent 7,221,904 B1)
`IPR2019-01404 (Patent 7,979,023 B2)
`IPR2019-01441 (Patent 8,718,543 B2)
`IPR2019-01442 (Patent 7,848,701 B2)
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`The Office has received requests for Director review of an issue raised in
`each of the above-captioned cases. See, e.g., IPR2019-01298, Ex. 3100. The
`requests were referred to Mr. Hirshfeld, Commissioner for Patents, Performing the
`Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
`and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
`It is ORDERED that the request for Director review in each case is denied;
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`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Final
`Written Decision in each case is the final decision of the agency.
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`IPR2019-01298 (Patent 7,221,904 B1)
`IPR2019-01404 (Patent 7,979,023 B2)
`IPR2019-01441 (Patent 8,718,543 B2)
`IPR2019-01442 (Patent 7,848,701 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
`Jim Glass
`John McKee
`Sean Gloth
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
`jimglass@quinnemanuel.com
`johnmckee@quinnemanuel.com
`seangloth@quinnemanuel.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`R. Scott Rhoades
`Sanford E. Warren, Jr.
`WARREN RHOADES LLP
`srhoades@wriplaw.com
`swarren@wriplaw.com
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`Charles Gavrilovich
`GAVRILOVICH, DODD & LINDSEY, LLP
`chuck@gdllawfirm.com
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`Elvin Smith
`LAW OFFICES OF ELVIN E. SMITH III PLLC
`esmith@eeslaw.com
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