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MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages Unopposed Motion to Exceed Page Limits in Defendants' Responsive Claim Construction Brief by Bank of America, National Association, Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, National Association, U.S. Bancorp, U.S. Bank, National Association, Wachovia Corporation, Wachovia Bank, National Association, UBS Americas, Inc., BB&T Corporation, Branch Banking and Trust Company, The Bank of New York, HSBC North America Holdings Inc, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., National City Corporation, National City Bank, The Bank of New York Co, Inc., Unionbancal Corporation, Union Bank of California National Association, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD, Citizens Financial Group, Inc., City National Corporation, City National Bank, Comerica Incorporated, Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, First Citizens Bancshares, Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Company, Keycorp, Keybank National Association, Lasalle Bank Corporation, Lasalle Bank NA, M&T Bank, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., PNC Bank, National Association, The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC, First Data Corporation, Telecheck Services, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Melsheimer, Thomas)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION DATATREASURY CORPORATION, Plaintiff v. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, et al. Defendants UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITS IN DEFENDANTS' RESPONSIVE CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF The following Defendants1 (collectively, "Defendants") file this unopposed Motion asking for leave to exceed the page limit imposed by the Court's "Order From Scheduling Conference and Docket Control Order" ("Order" [Docket 325]) for Defendants' Responsive Claim Construction Brief: Bank of America Corporation Bank of America, National Association Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD BB&T Corporation Branch Banking and Trust Company Citizens Financial Group, Inc. City National Bank City National Corporation Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association Comerica Incorporated Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. First Citizens Bank & Trust Company First Data Corporation HSBC Bank USA, National Association HSBC North America Holdings Inc. KeyCorp KeyBank, National Association Lasalle Bank Corporation Lasalle Bank, National Association M&T Bank M&T Bank Corporation National City Bank National City Corporation PNC Bank, National Association PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Telecheck Services, Inc. The Bank of New York The Bank of New York Co, Inc. The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC U.S. Bancorp U.S. Bank, National Association UBS Americas, Inc. Union Bank of California, National Association UnionBanCal Corporation Wachovia Bank, National Association Wachovia Corporation 2:06-CV-72 DF

The Court's Order provides that Defendants shall file one joint responsive claim construction brief limited to forty (40) pages. Order at 2. Defendants ask the Court to permit Defendants' Responsive
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First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. joins this Response subject to, and without waiver of, their lack of personal jurisdiction defenses.

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Claim Construction Brief, filed concurrently herewith, to exceed the forty page limit by five (5) pages, excluding attachments. The parties have conferred on this issue, and Plaintiff DataTreasury

Corporation does not oppose this motion. Accordingly, Defendants respectfully request that the Court enter an order allowing Defendants to exceed the page limit for its Response by five (5) pages.

Dated: July 9, 2007

Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer Thomas M. Melsheimer Texas Bar No. 13922550 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 1717 Main Street Suite 5000 Dallas, TX 75201 214-747-5070 (Telephone) 214-747-2091 (Telecopy) Robert E. Hillman FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110-2804 617-542-5070 (Telephone) 617-542-8906 (Telecopy) Robert M. Parker Robert Christopher Bunt PARKER & BUNT, P.C. 100 E. Ferguson, Suite 1114 Tyler, Texas 75702 903-531-3535 (Telephone) 903-533-9687 (Telecopy) Michael E. Jones Texas Bar No. 10929400 E. Glenn Thames, Jr. Texas Bar No. 00785097 POTTER MINTON 500 Plaza Tower 110 North College, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75702 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By: /s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer by permission on behalf of the following counsel: Danielle Williams

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KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP 1001 West Fourth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Bill Boice Audra Dial KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800 Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4530 Kenneth Godlewski Stephen Baskin KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP 607 14th Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005-2018 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BB&T CORPORATION, BRANCH BANKING & TRUST CO., COMERICA BANK & TRUST, N.A., COMERICA, INC., M&T BANK, M&T CORPORATION, WACHOVIA CORPORATION, WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. Raymond Sweigart William P. Atkins Scott Pivnick PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 1650 Tysons Blvd. McLean, VA 22102-4859 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BANK OF NEW YORK CO., INC., THE BANK OF NEW YORK, UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION David L. Ward, Jr. Donalt J.Eglinton WARD AND SMITH, P.A. 1001 College Court New Bern, NC 28562 Larry Carlson David Taylor BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 2001 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX 75201-2980 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC., FIRST CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO. Preston W. McGee FLOWERS DAVIS, P.L.L.C. 1021 ESE Loop 323, Suite 200
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Tyler, Texas 75701 [phone] James H. Carter James T. Williams Jane Jaang SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 125 Broad Street New York, New York 10004-2493 Lawrence F. Scinto Ronald A. Clayton Robert H. Fischer Stephen E. Belisle FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10112-3801 [phone] ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS THE CLEARINGHOUSE PAYMENTS CO., L.L.C. F/K/A SMALL VALUE PAYMENTS CO., L.L.C. Glen Boudreaux Tim Leonard Edward J. Nicholas BOUDREAUX LEONARD HAMMOND CURCIO 2 Houston Center 909 Fannin Street, Suite 2350 Houston, TX 77010 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS HSBC NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC., HSBC BANK USA, N.A. Irah Donner WILMER, CUTLER, PICKERING, HALE & DORR 399 Park Ave. New York, NY 10022 ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS HSBC NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC., HSBC BANK USA, N.A. Sam Baxter Lead Attorney Texas Bar No. 01938000 [e-mail] McKOOL SMITH, P.C. 505 East Travis Street, Suite 105 Marshall, Texas 75670 903-927-2111 (Telephone) 903-927-2622 (Telecopy)
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Theodore Stevenson, III Texas Bar No. 19196650 [e-mail] L. David Anderson Texas Bar No. 00796126 [e-mail] McKOOL SMITH P.C. 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201 214-978-4000 (Telephone) 214-978-4044 (Telecopy) Peter J. Ayers Texas Bar No. 24009882 [e-mail] Geoffrey L. Smith Texas Bar No. 24041939 [e-mail] McKOOL SMITH P.C. 300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700 Austin, Texas 78701 512-692-8700 (Telephone) 512-692-8744 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC., PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, KEYCORP, AND KEYBANK NA Edward G. Poplawski (Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] Jeffrey A. Finn (Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] Carissa A. Tener (Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] SIDLEY AUSTIN L.L.P. 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, California 90013 213-896-6000 (Telephone) 213-896-6600 (Telecopy) Lance Lee [e-mail] Texas Bar No. 240004762 YOUNG, PICKETT & LEE, L.L.P. 4122 Texas Blvd. P.O. Box 1897 Texarkana, Texas 75504 903-794-1303 (Telephone) 903-792-5098 (Telecopy) COUNSEL FOR FIRST DATA CORPORATION, TELECHECK SERVICES, INC.;REMITCO, LLC, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, BANK OF TOKYOUNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITS IN DEFENDANTS' RESPONSIVE CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF ­ Page 5

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MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. Edward G. Poplawski (Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] Jeffrey A. Finn (Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] Carissa A. Tener (Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] SIDLEY AUSTIN L.L.P. 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, California 90013 213-896-6000 (Telephone) 213-896-6600 (Telecopy) Sidney Calvin Capshaw, III State Bar No. 03783900 Andrew W. Spangler State Bar No. 20401960 Elizabeth L. DeRieux State Bar No. 05770585 Brown McCarroll 1127 Judson Road, Suite 220 Longview, TX 75601 P.O. Box 3999 Longview, TX 75606-3999 903-236-9800 Fax: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] COUNSEL FOR LASALLE BANK CORPORATION AND LASALLE BANK NA William L. LaFuze Texas Bar No. 11792500 [e-mail] D. Ferguson McNiel Texas Bar No. 13830300 [e-mail] VINSON & ELKINS LLP 2300 First City Tower 1001 Fannin St. Houston, TX 77002 713-758-2595 (Telephone) 713-615-5017 (Telecopy) Scott W. Breedlove Texas Bar No. 00790361 [e-mail] VINSON & ELKINS LLP 3700 Trammell Crow Center 2001 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75201-2975 214-220-7700 (Telephone) 214-220-7716 (Telecopy)
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Harry Lee Gillam, Jr. Texas Bar No. 07921800 [e-mail] Melissa Richards Smith Texas Bar No. 24001351 [e-mail] GILLAM & SMITH LLP 110 South Bolivar, Suite 204 Marshall, TX 75670 903-934-8450 (Telephone) 903-934-9257 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR UBS AMERICAS, INC. Edward G. Poplawski (Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] Jeffrey A. Finn (Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] Carissa A. Tener (Pro Hac Vice) [e-mail] SIDLEY AUSTIN L.L.P. 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, California 90013 213-896-6000 (Telephone) 213-896-6600 (Telecopy) Kurt M. Sauer DAFFER MCDANIEL The Chase Building 700 Lavaca, Suite 720 Austin, TX 78701-3119 Sidney Calvin Capshaw, III State Bar No. 03783900 Andrew W. Spangler State Bar No. 20401960 Elizabeth L. DeRieux State Bar No. 05770585 Brown McCarroll 1127 Judson Road, Suite 220 Longview, TX 75601 P.O. Box 3999 Longview, TX 75606-3999 903-236-9800 Fax: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] ATTORNEYS FOR CITY NATIONAL BANK CITY NATIONAL CORP. Melvin R. Wilcox, III [e-mail]
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SMEAD, ANDERSON & DUNN LLP 2110 Horseshoe Lane P.O. Box 3343 Longview, TX 75606 903-232-1892 (Telephone) 903-232-1881 (Telecopy) Of Counsel: John J. Feldhaus [e-mail] Anthony H. Son [e-mail] George C. Beck [e-mail] FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 3000 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 202-672-5300 (Telephone) ATTORNEYS FOR U.S. BANCORP, U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION AND NATIONAL CITY BANK Jeffrey Standley [e-mail] STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP 495 Metro Place South, Suite 210 Dublin, OH 43017 614-792-5555 (Telephone) 614-792-5536 (Telecopy) Claude Welch [e-mail] 115 W. Shepherd Ave. Lufkin, TX 75904-3808 936-639-3311 (Telephone) 936-639-3049 (Telecopy) ATTORNEYS FOR CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I hereby certify that on May 29, 2007, counsel for Defendants Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America, National Association conferred with Plaintiff DataTreasury Corporation concerning the foregoing Motion. Plaintiff does not oppose the relief requested by Defendants. /s/ Robert C. Earle Robert C. Earle

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document has been served on July 9, 2007 to all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via the Court' s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3). /s/ Tim K. Brown Tim K. Brown
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