Overture Services, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Filing 82

DECLARATION in Support re 70 (Christine P. Sun) Opposition to Overture's Motion for Protective Order filed by Google Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B# 3 Exhibit C# 4 Exhibit D# 5 Exhibit E# 6 Exhibit F# 7 Exhibit I# 8 Exhibit J# 9 Exhibit K# 10 Exhibit L# 11 Exhibit M# 12 Exhibit N# 13 Exhibit O# 14 Exhibit P# 15 Exhibit Q# 16 Exhibit R)(Related document(s) 70 ) (Sun, Christine)

Overture Services, Inc. v. Google Inc.

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Application No.

09/322 677
Notice of

Alfowability

Exam"""

Cuong H. Nguyen

If not Included All claims being allowable , PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED In this application. De mailed herewIth (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due or other appropriate communication will In due course
ThIS communication IS responsive to the amendment & Interview on

311612001

~ The

allowed clalm(s) ,slare

13 15-68

0 The drawings filed on

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

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

0 AllOSome
received

1JjJ0ne of the CERTIFIED copies of the priority documents have been
Code/Senal Number)

received", Application No. (Series

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

Certlfled copies not received
Acknowledgement is made of a claim for domestic priomy under 35 U.

C. 9 119(e).

THREE MON~OM THE "DATE MAILED" of this Office action Failure to timely comply will resun in
ABANDONMENT of this application. Extensions of time may

A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR RESPONSE to comply w~h the requirements noted below is set to EXPIRE

be obta",ed urlderthe provisions of 37 CFR 1. 136(a).

S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPLICATION , 0 Note the attached EXAMINER'

PT0-152, which dIScloses that the oath or declaratIOn IS deficient A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DEClARATION IS REQUIRED.

fSI Applicant MUST submit NEW FORMAL DRAWINGS ~ because the onglnally filed drawings-were declared by applicant to be ",formal.
including changes reqUired by the Notice of Draftsperson s Patent Dldwlng Review , PT0-948, attached hereto or to Paper No.

including changes required by the proposed dldwlng correc!lon flied on approved by the examiner.
Including changes required by the attacl1ed Examiner's AmendmenVComment

, 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 transmittallettter addressed to the Official

Draftsperson.
Note the attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL

Any response to this letter should Include , In the upper fight hand comer, 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)
Notice of References Cited , PT0-892

Information Disclosure Statement(s), PTD- 1449 , Paper No(s). Notice of Dldfisperson s Patent Drawing Review, PT0-948 Notice of Informal Patent Application , PT0-152
:J InteMew Summary, PTO-413

0 Examiners Amendment/Comment Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposn of Biological Matenal

fSI Examiners Statement of Reasons for Allowance
U SPa,..,."" T~'.-", orra 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; wh~ch papers

have been placed of record.
Claims 1-13 ,
15-68 are pending in this application. Claim

was canceled.
Drawings
Since allowable subject matter has been

indicated,

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

will permit the Off~ce 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 Subject

This will avoid possible delays

Matter and Reasons for Allowance

During an interview including SPE Vincent A. Millin, the

examiner of the record, applicants ' representatives (Mr. John G.
Rauch, and Mr. James P. Naughton), current claims 1-13, 15-68 are
considered patentable distinct over closest references of Buck et

al. ,

(WO 200016218 A~, and Parsons et alo,

(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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01;

modified concept of generating a search resul t l~st
~n real time in response to

substantially

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, where

each search listing is associated with a network location. a
search term and a modifiable bid amount that ~s- ~ndependent of

oLher components of the search listing. the bid amount being
associated with a search term and the network location, the bid
amount corresponding to a money amount that ~s deducLed from an account of a network information provider associated with the

network location upon receipt of a retrieval request for the
network location; recording a retr~eval request event including
account identification information corresponding to

the network

information provider to permit maintenance of accurate acco~nt
debi t

recordsConclusion

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

appli cants '

disclosure.

- Buck et al.,

(WO 200016218 AI, classification GD6F 17/30-

publishing date was 23/03/2000), about a web site searching and
indexing system for Internet, provides search
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relevant to search inquiry in which rank is assigned in order
according to denominated values associated wi

th 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/WO 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.,

(WO 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.,

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

an improved search engine (Ryan et aI" 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

communica tions 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 ~~aminer by telephone are

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

be reached on [phone].
Any response to this action should be mailed
Box Issue Fee

to:

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 rela~ing to the status

this application should be directed to the Group receptionist

whose telephone number ~s

[phone].

~MIWN u
Patent Examiner Mar. 23, 2001

suPE\rN PATENT EXAMINER WlSOm
TECHNOlOm' CEtntR 21

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Application No.

09/322, 677
Notice of

Davis e\ al.
I Appilcant(S)

References Cited

Exam",er

Cuong H. Nguyen
S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

I GroupM Unll
SUBCLASS

2165

Page 1 of 1

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DATE

NAME

CLASS

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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
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17130

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312000

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BUCK el al.
PARSONS et aI

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WO 200 016 218
WO 0 041 090 WO 9 948 028

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712000

9/1999 9/1999

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WO US9920486

BUCK et aI.

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17/30

NON.pATENT DOCUMENTS
DOCUMENT (Includln. Author, "t"' . Sourc., .nd Pertlnen! P.....)
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should be completed and retUrned If you are charging the ISSUE FEE to your deposit account, section "4b" of Part Issue Fee Transminal should be completed and an extra copy of th form should be submitted. III. AU communications regarding this application must give application number and batch number. Please direct all communIcations prior tD Issuance to Box ISSUE FEE unless advised to the contrary.

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