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`REPORT ON THE
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`DOCKET NO.
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`PLAINTIFF
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`DATE FILED
`1/18/2017
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT
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`DEFENDANT
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`Hypermedia Navigation LLC
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`Yahoo!, Inc.
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`PATENTOR
`TRADEMARK NO.
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`DATE OF PATENT
`OR TRADEMARK
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`2 7,383,323
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`3 7,383,324
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`4 7,424,523
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`5 7,478,144
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`5/8/2007
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`6/3/2008
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`6/3/2008
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`9/9/2008
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`Hypermedia Navigation LLC
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`Hypermedia Navigation LLC
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`Hypermedia Navigation LLC
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`Hypermedia Navigation LLC
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`1/13/2009
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`Hypermedia Navigation LLC
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`TTV001 CON6
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`Application Number:
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`Filing Date:
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`11799513
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`01-May-2007
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`Title of Invention:
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING A
`LINEAR HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PROGRAM
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`First Named Inventor/Applicant Name:
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`Bruce Edward Stuckman
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING A
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`11/799,513
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`05/01/2007
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`Bruce Edward Stuckman
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`TTV001CON6
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`6433
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING A LINEAR HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PROGRAM
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`TTV001CON6
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`05/01/2007
`11/799,513
`TITLE OF INVENTION: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING A LINEAR HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PROGRAM
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`6433
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`11/799,513
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`05/01/2007
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`Bruce Edward Stuckman
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`TTV001CON6
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`6433
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`34399
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`07/01/2008
`GARLICK HARRISON & MARKISON
`P.O. BOX 160727
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`EXAMINER
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`BAROT, BHARAT
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`2155
`DATE MAILED: 07/01/2008
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U .S.C. 154 (b)
`(application filed on or after May 29, 2000)
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`The Patent Term Adjustment to date is O day(s). If the issue fee is paid on the date that is three months after the
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`Notice of Allowability
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`11/799,513
`Examiner
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`STUCKMAN ET AL.
`Art Unit
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`Bharat N. Barot
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`2155
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address-(cid:173)
`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 (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
`1. IZ! This communication is responsive to amendment filed with terminal disclaimer on 05/08/2008.
`2. IZ! The allowed claim(s) is/are 41-68 re-numbered as 1-18.
`3. D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a) D All
`b) D Some*
`c) D None
`of the:
`1. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __ .
`3. D Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* Certified copies not received: __ .
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE" of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
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`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
`4. 0 A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION must be submitted. Note the attached EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF
`INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PT0-152) which gives reason(s) why the oath or declaration is deficient.
`5. D CORRECTED DRAWINGS ( as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`(a) D including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review ( PT0-948) attached
`1) D hereto or 2) D to Paper No./Mail Date __ .
`(b) D including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment/ Comment or in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mail Date __ .
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`6. 0 DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`Attachment(s)
`1. D Notice of References Cited (PT0-892)
`2. D Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PT0-948)
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`3. [gl Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date 01/24/2008
`4. D Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
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`5. D Notice of Informal Patent Application
`6. D Interview Summary (PT0-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date __ .
`7. D Examiner's Amendment/Comment
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`8. [gl Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance
`9. D Other __ .
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`/Bharat N Barot/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2155
`(571 )272-3979
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`REASONS FOR ALLOWANCE
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`1.
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`The following is an Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance:
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`Claims 41-68 are allowable over the prior art of record.
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`The examiner has found that the prior art of record does not teach or
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`suggest or render obvious a specific combination of a method and a program
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`product for navigating a linear Web program comprising information obtained on
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`the World-Wide Web, a plurality of media elements from a single Website stored
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`on a remote information node, comprising: sending data from the remote
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`information node to display, on a display device at a user location, a first media
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`element of the plurality of media elements from the single Website, the first
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`media element having a forward link to a second media element of the linear
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`Web program, and to display a forward link indicator on the display device;
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`receiving a first signal in response to an action of the user indicating an activation
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`of the forward link indicator, and in response to the activation of the forward link
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`indicator, sending data from the remote information node to display on the
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`display device, the second media element of the linear Web program, the second
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`media element having a forward link to a third media element of the linear Web
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`program; and receiving a second signal in response to an action of the user
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`indicating an activation of the forward link indicator, and in response to the
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`activation of the forward link indicator, sending data from the remote information
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`node to display on the display device, the third media element of the linear Web
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`program at set forth in the specification and recited in the independent claims.
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`Art Unit: 2155
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`2.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no
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`later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should
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`preferably accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled
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`"Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance."
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`CONTENT INFORMATION
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`3.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from
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`the examiner should be directed to Bharat Barot whose Telephone Number is
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`(571) 272-3979. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday-Friday from
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`7:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Most facsimile-transmitted patent application related
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`correspondence is required to be sent to the Central FAX Number (571) 273-
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`8300.
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the
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`examiner's supervisor, Saleh Najjar, can be reached at (571) 272-4006.
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`/Bharat N Barot/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2155
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`June 18, 2008
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`Index of Claims
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`Application/Control No.
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`11799513
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`Examiner
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`Bharat N Barot
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
`
`STUCKMAN ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`2155
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`Rejected
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`Cancelled
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`Interference
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`Appeal
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`Objected
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`D Claims renumbered in the same order as presented by applicant
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`D CPA
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`181 T.D.
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`D R.1.47
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`Index of Claims
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`Application/Control No.
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`11799513
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`Examiner
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`Bharat N Barot
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`Applicant(s)/Patent Under
`Reexamination
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`STUCKMAN ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`2155
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`Rejected
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`Cancelled
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`=
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`Interference
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`D Claims renumbered in the same order as presented by applicant
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`D CPA
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`181 T.D.
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`D R.1.47
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`DATE
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