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`LKMChong@aol.com [LKMChong@aol.com]
`From:
`7/15/2004 10:31:18 PM
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`milton_diaz@yahoo.com
`To:
`clifkagawa@hawaii.mcom
`CC:
`US Patent Application
`Subject:
`Attachments: P1-APPL-ver2.doc
`
`Hi Milton,
`
`I've gone through the application text with your drawings and have completely edited and cleaned it up. Please review it
`and see if you have anything more to add to it.
`
`As to the drill-down navigation method, I think there may be enough detail to support a patentable claim.
`
`In the classified ads method, the core uniqueness appears to be the automatic conversion from consumer file format to
`VOD file format and automatic indexing on the VOD server by title and topic metadata provided online by the user. Since
`these are not described with implementation detail, they might not support a patentable claim. If you have this information
`now, you should add it in the text. However, if you do not, BBiTV can always file a continuation application later adding in
`the implementation details when developed, in order to support patentable claims with those details.
`
`Since extensive work preparing the application has already been done, and there may be enough as it stands to get a
`patentable claim allowed by the Patent Office, I recommend filing the application as a formal US patent application, rather
`than as a provisional application now followed by a formal application later. Filing it as a formal now will put it in the cycle
`for examination and possible patent issuance, and the difference in filing fees is only $385 versus $80. Even if it is
`rejected, the examination timeline will be initiated, and the examination itself can tell us what needs to be supported with
`further detail. On the other hand, a provisional application is not examined, and must be followed by a formal to proceed
`with examination and possibly patenting.
`
`Again, in order not to lose patent rights, please keep in mind that a US application must be on file before the invention is
`published by going online or by publication of its details. Therefore, if BBiTV has an online or publication date coming up
`soon, then we must get whatever final materials you want to add in quickly and file the application before that date.
`
`Leighton K. Chong
`Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman
`841 Bishop Street, Suite 1200
`Honolulu, HI 96813-3908
`Tel: (808) 792-4841
`Fax: (808) 531-7585
`Email: LKMChong©aol.com
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