Overture Services, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Filing 116

Declaration of Ravind S. Grewal in Support of 115 Google's Responsive Claim Construction Brief filed by Google Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1# 2 Exhibit 2# 3 Exhibit 3# 4 Exhibit 4# 5 Exhibit 5# 6 Exhibit 6# 7 Exhibit 7# 8 Exhibit 8# 9 Exhibit 9# 10 Exhibit 10# 11 Exhibit 11# 12 Exhibit 12# 13 Exhibit 13# 14 Exhibit 14# 15 Exhibit 15# 16 Exhibit 16# 17 Exhibit 17# 18 Exhibit 18# 19 Exhibit 19# 20 Exhibit 20# 21 Exhibit 21# 22 Exhibit 22# 23 Exhibit 23# 24 Exhibit 24# 25 Exhibit 25# 26 Exhibit 26# 27 Exhibit 27# 28 Exhibit 28# 29 Exhibit 29# 30 Exhibit 30)(Related document(s) 115 ) (Grewal, Ravind) (Filed on 1/30/2004)

Overture Services, Inc. v. Google Inc.

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EXHIBIT

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Application No.

Notice of Allowabifity

09/322 677
Examiner

Cuong H, Nguyen

All claims being allowable , PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED In this application. If not Included herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due or other appropriate communication will be mailed In due course

This communlcahon IS responsive to
~ The
0 The

fhe

amendment

mterviewon 3/1612001

allowed clalm(s) Islare 1- 13 15-68
drawings flied

are acceptable
C. 9 119(a)-(d).

0 Acknowledgement is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.

. 0 All OSome" OjJone of the CERTIFIED copies of the priority documents have been
received
received m Application No. (Senes Code/Senal Number)

received in this national stage application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17 2(a))

Cenlf,ed copies not received
Acknowledgement is made of a claim for domestic priOrITY unoer 35 U.
C. 9 119(e).

A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR RESPONSE to comply with the requirements noted below is set to EXPIRE THREE MONTH5'OM THE " DATE MAILED" of this Office acllon Failure to timely comply will resun in of time may be obtained under the provisions of 37 CFR 1. 136(a). ABANDONMENT of this application. Extensions Note the anached EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF INFORMAIL APPLICATION . PT0-152, which discloses that the oath or declaratIOn IS deficient A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION IS REQUIRED.
Applicant MUST submit NEW FORMAIL DRAWINGS
~ because the onglnally filed drawlngs.were declared by applicant 10 be mformal.

including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson s Patent Drawing Review, PT0-948, attached hereto or to
Paper No.

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including changes required by the proposed drawing correclron filed on approved by the examiner.
Including changes requIred by the attached Examiner's AmendmenVCommenl

, which has been

Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1. 84(c)) should be written on the reVerse side of the drawings. The drawings should be filed as a separate paper with a transmilta/lemer addressed to the Official

Draftsperson.
Note the anached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THEDEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAIL MATERIAL

Any response to this letter should include , in the upper right hand corner, the APPLICATION NUMBER (SERIES CODE/SERIAL NUMBER) If applicant has received a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due, the ISSUE BATCH NUMBER and DATE of the NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE should also be included.

Attachment(s)
Q9 Notice of References Cited , PTO-892 Information Disclosure Stalement(s), PTO- 1449 , Paper No(s). Notice of Draftsperson s Paten! DraW1ng Review, PT0-948 .

Notice of Informal Patent Application , PT0-152
:J InteMew Summary. PTO-413

0 Examiners Amendment/Comment
0 Examlne(s Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit of BIological Matenal ~ Examiners Statement of Reasons for Allowance

u S ,",", ,"" T~,,~~ 0I1b PT0-37 (Rev. 9- 95)

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Art Unit. 2165
DETAILED ACTION

This Office Action is the answer to the interview on

3/18/2001, and the amendment submitted on 3/19/2001; WhlCh papers
have been placed of

record.

Claims 1-13 , 15-68 are pending in this application. Claim 14

was canceled.
Dra

wings

Since allowable subject matter has been

indicated,
of

applicants are encouraged to submit formal drawings in response
to this Office Action.
The early submission

formal drawings

will permit the Offlce to review the drawings for acceptability
and to resolve any informalities remaining therein before the

- application is passed to issue.
in the issue process.
Allowable

This will avoid possible delays

Subject Matter and Reasons for Allowance

4.

During an interview including SPE Vincent A. Millin, the
of

examiner

the record, applicants ' representatives (Mr. John G.

Rauch, and Mr. James P. Naughton), current claims 1-13, 15- 68
considered patentable distinct over closest references of

are

Buck et

al. ,

(1'10 200016218 A~, and Parsons et

al.,

(1'10 0041090

published date is 7/13/2000), and RYAN et

al.,

(1'10 9948028

published date is 9/23/1999), because the applicants disclose a

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modified concept of

generating a search result l~st substantially

~n real time in response to a search request from a searcher using a computer network, the concept comprising a step which is

non- obvious over above closest disclosures:
- maintaining a database including search listings, wherein
each search listing is associated wi th a network location, a
search term and a modifiable bid amount that ~s ~ndependent

oLher components

of

the search listing, the bid amount being

associated wi th a
amount corresponding to a account of

search term and the network location, the bid
money

amount that ~s deducLed from an

a network information provider associated with the
of

network location upon receipt

a retrieval request for the

network location; recording a retr~eval requesL event including
account identification information corresponding to the network
information provider to permit maintenance of

accurate accoDnt

debi t

records.
Conclusion

Claims 1-13 , 15- 68 are allowed,
The following references are considered pertinent to

applicants '
- Buck et

disclosure.
(WO 200016218

al.,

AI, classification G06F 17/30-

publishing date was 23/03/2000), about a web site searching and
indexing system for Internet,
provides search report of

listings

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relevant to search inquiry in which rank is assigned in order

according to denominated values associated with listing (Buck et
al. do not disclose about maintenance of debit records wherein
the bid amount corresponding to a money amount that is deducted

from an account of a network information provider).
- Buck et al.

(PCT/Vla US9920486, classification G06F 17/30-

publishing date was 9/10/1999), about a web site searching and
indexing system for Internet, provides search report of listings
relevant to search inquiry in which rank is assigned in

order

according to denominated values associated with listing (Buck et
al. do not disclose about maintenance of debit records wherein

the bid amount corresponding to a money amount that is deducted

from an account of a network information provider) .
- Parsons et al.

(1'10 0041090 - published date is 7/13/2000),

about a search engine database and interface base

(Parsons et

al., do not disclose about maintenance of debit records wherein

the bid amount corresponding to a money amount that is deducted

from an account of a network information provider) .
RYAN

et al.

(wa 9948028 - published date is 9/23/1999), about

an improved search engine (Ryan et al., do not disclose about
maintenance of debit records wherein the bid amount corresponding
to a money amount that is deducted from an account of a network

information provider) .
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Any inquiry concern~ng this communication or

earlier
The

communications from the examiner should be directed to exam~ner

Cuong H. Nguyen, whose telephone number is (703) 305- 4553.
examiner can be reached on Mon. -Fri. from 7:00 AM-4:30 PM. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are

unsuccessful, the examiner s supervisor, Vincent A. Millin, can

be reached on [phone].
Any response to this action should be

mailed to:

Box I ssue Fee
Commissioner of

Patents and Trademarks

c/o Technology Center 2100

Washington ,

D. C.

20231

or faxed to:
Any inquiry

[phone]
of a general nature or relating to the status

this application should be directed to the Group receptionist

whose telephone number ~s [phone].

Patent Examiner Mar. 23 , 2001

~MILUN
SUPERVISORY c.m:R 2100
TECHNOLOGY C,-" I 'PATENT EXAMINER

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