`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK grFiCe/lV,
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`In re application of: Rothschild ef al.
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`VP
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`Art Unit:
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`2758
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`Appl. No. 09/407,371
`Filed: September 28, 1999
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`TJo Be Assigned .
`Examiner:
`Atty. Docket: 1719.0050002
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`For:
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`Server-Group Messaging System
`for Interactive Applications
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`SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
`UNDER MPEP§ 2001.06(C)
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`Commissioner for Patents
`Washington, D.C. 20231
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`Sir:
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`Listed on accompanying Form PTO-1449are one-hundred and one (101) documentsthat
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`may be considered material to the examination of this application, in compliance with the duty
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`of disclosure requirements of 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98.
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`Information Disclosure Statement under MPEP §
`This “Second Supplemental
`2001.06(c)” is a follow-up to the “First Supplemental Information Disclosure Statement under
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`MPEP§ 2001.06(c)”filed by the Applicants on November 1, 2000. That is, the documentslisted
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`on the accompanying Form PTO-1449 were also broughtto the attention of the undersigned as
`a result ofa litigation captioned HearMe v. Lipstream Networks, Inc., Case No. C-99-04506
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`(WHA), filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on
`October 8, 1999. This suit involved U.S. Patents Nos. 5,822,523 and 6,018,766, to which the
`present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 120. The suit was ultimately settled on
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`August 30, 2000. In any event, due to the requirements of 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.56, 1.97 and 1.98, as
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`well as MPEP § 2001.06(c) (7th ed., Rev. 1, Feb. 2000), the undersignedfelt it best to cite these
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`xx documents on the accompanying Form PTO-1449.
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`Applicants have listed publication dates on the attached PTO-1449 based on information
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`presently available to the undersigned. However, the listed publication dates should not be
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`construed as an admission that the information was actually published on the date indicated.
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`Applicants reserve the right to further establish the patentability of the claimed invention
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`over any ofthe listed documents should they be applied as references, and/or to prove that some
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`of these documents maynotbepriorart, and/or to prove that some of these documents may not
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`‘be enabling for the teachings they purport to offer.
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`This statement should not be construed as a representation that a search has been made,
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`or that information more material to the examination of the present patent application does not
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`exist. The Examineris specifically requested not to rely solely on the material submitted
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`herewith. It is further understood that the Examiner will consider information that was cited or
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`submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in aprior application relied on under 35
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`U.S.C. § 120. 1138 OG 37, 38 (May 19, 1992).
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`It is respectfully requested that the Examinerinitial and return a copy of the enclosed
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`PTO-1449, and indicate in the official file wrapper of this patent application that the documents
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`have been considered.
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`This Information Disclosure Statement is being filed before the mailing date of a first
`Office Action on the merits. No statement or fee is required. Nevertheless, the U.S. Patent and
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`Trademark Office is hereby authorized to charge any fee deficiency, or credit any overpayment,
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`to our Deposit Account No. 19-0036. A duplicate copy of this pleading is enclosed.
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`| Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`(Me)bled
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`Raymond Millien
`Attorney for Applicants
`Registration No. 43,806
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