Microsoft Corporation et al. vs X1 Discovery, Inc.

DECISION Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. § 314

SCHEDULING ORDER

Director Discretionary Decision: Refer

Petitioner's Sur-Reply in Support of its Opposition to Patent Owner's Request for Discretionary Denial

Windows 10 available as a free upgrade on July 29, Microsoft Corporation (June 1, 2015)

Terry Myerson, Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29

Windows Guide, Using Windows Vista, Microsoft Corporation (2008)

Complaint, X1 Discovery, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

Screenshots from “Superfast searching in Windows Vista”

Mary Jo Foley, “Microsoft Releases First Public Test Build of Windows Search 4.0”

David Pogue, Windows Vista: The Missing Manual (2007) (excerpts)

X1 Products webpages, “Overview” and “FAQ”

Patent Owner's Reply Brief in Support of Discretionary Denial

Exhibit 2011 - IDS for US 12328410 dated Dec. 4, 2008

Exhibit 2012 - IDS for US 11108335 dated June 26, 2008

Exhibit 2013 - IDS for US 15199928 dated June 30, 2016

Exhibit 2014 - Office Action for US 11128397 dated May 18, 2007

Exhibit 2015 - Office Action for US 11108479 dated March 24, 2008

Exhibit 2016 - Office Action for US 11771554 dated Dec. 23, 2009

Exhibit 2017 - Office Action for US 12786246 dated Jan. 10, 2012

Exhibit 2018 - Office Action for US 13918306 dated June 24, 2015

Exhibit 2019 - IDS for US 15012684 dated Feb. 1, 2016

Email Correspondence

Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices

Petitioner’s Opposition To Patent Owner’s Request For Discretionary Denial

First Amended Complaint

Scheduling Order

C.D. Cal. Time to Milestones

Judge George H. Wu Time to Milestones

Initial Determination Granting Summary Determination of Non-infringement

Declaration of Arie Pellikaan, May 20, 2025

Patent Owner's Request for Discretionary Denial

Exhibit 2001 - Declaration of Mr. Martin Haeberli, dated April 28, 2025

Exhibit 2002 - CV of Mr. Martin Haeberli

Exhibit 2003 - Revised Stipulation to Stay, X1 Discovery, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 8:23-cv-02415 (C.D. Cal. Feb 29, 2024), ECF No. 52

Exhibit 2004 - Order Granting Revised Stipulation to Stay, X1 Discovery, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 8:23-cv-02415 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 1, 2024), ECF No. 53

Exhibit 2005 - Joint Status Report, X1 Discovery, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 8:23-cv-02415 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 12, 2025), ECF No. 57

Exhibit 2006 - Minutes of Status Conference, X1 Discovery, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 8:23-cv-02415 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 12, 2025), ECF No. 59

Exhibit 2007 - Excerpt of the Initial Determination Granting-In-Part Respondents’ Motion for Summary Determination, Certain Computing Devices Utilizing Indexed Search Systems and Components Thereof, ITC-337-TA-1389, at 14 (Sept. 3, 2024)

Exhibit 2008 - Excerpt of the Initial Determination of Violation of Section 337 and Recommended Determination on Remedy and Bond , Certain Computing Devices Utilizing Indexed Search Systems and Components Thereof, ITC-337-TA-1389, at 31-32 (Feb. 26, 2025)

Exhibit 2009 - Email from counsel for Microsoft to counsel for X1 regarding Sotera stipulation, Apr. 18, 2025

Exhibit 2010 - File History of U.S. Patent No. 7,370,035

Patent Owner's Preliminary Response

Notice: Extending Deadline for Discretion Briefing

Notice: Notice filing date accorded

Notice: Mandatory Notice

Notice: Power of Attorney

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Entourage-1_Part 2-Steve Schwartz, Visual QuickStart Guide Entourage 2001

Entourage-1_Part 3-Steve Schwartz, Visual QuickStart Guide Entourage 2001

Entourage-1_Part 4-Steve Schwartz, Visual QuickStart Guide Entourage 2001

Entourage-2-Sebastian, Microsoft Office 2001 A Hands-On Guide-excerpts

Entourage-3_Part 2-Barber - Reynolds, Office 2001 for Mac Missing Manual

Entourage-3_Part 3-Barber - Reynolds, Office 2001 for Mac Missing Manual

Entourage-3_Part 4-Barber - Reynolds, Office 2001 for Mac Missing Manual

Entourage-3_Part 5-Barber - Reynolds, Office 2001 for Mac Missing Manual

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Raskin_Part 4-The Humane Interface-New Directions for Designing Interactive

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Baeza-Yates_Part 2-Modern Information Retrieval, ACM Press (1999)

Baeza-Yates_Part 3-Modern Information Retrieval, ACM Press (1999)

Baeza-Yates_Part 4-Modern Information Retrieval, ACM Press (1999)

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Lam-Sunny Lam, The Overview of Web Search Engines (Feb. 9, 2001)

Vallarino-On The Use Of Bit Maps For Multiple Key Retrieval

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Declaration of Delainey Tanner_Part 2-November 18, 2024

Declaration of Delainey Tanner_Part 3-November 18, 2024

Kaitlin Duck Sherwood, Overcome Email Overload With Eudora 5-excerpts

Claims Listing

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Schwartz - Correll, Running Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac-excerpts

Shneiderman, Clarifying Search-A User-Interface Framework For Text Searches

Shneiderman, Designing The User Interface-Strategies For Effective-excerpt

Badue, Distributed Query Processing Using Partitioned Inverted Files-2001

Peltonen-U.S. Patent No. 5,685,003

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Glossbrenner_Part 2- Search Engines For The World Wide Web, PeachPit Press

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Declaration of Sylvia Hall-Ellis_Part 2_with Attachments

Declaration of Sylvia Hall-Ellis_Part 3_with Attachments

Declaration of Sylvia Hall-Ellis_Part 4_with Attachments

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Londergan-Freeland_Part 2-Lotus Notes R5 For Dummies Quick Reference

Londergan-Freeland_Part 3-Lotus Notes R5 For Dummies Quick Reference

Londergan-Freeland_Part 4-Lotus Notes R5 For Dummies Quick Reference

Declaration of Ingrid Hseih-Yee_Part 2_with Attachments

Exh CX-0196-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29,2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0198-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29,2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0199-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29,2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0203-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29,2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0204-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29,2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0206-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29, 2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0208-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29, 2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0209-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29, 2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0211-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29, 2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0213-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29, 2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0214-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29, 2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

Exh CX-0215-ITC-337-TA-1389_Aug 29, 2024-to Complainants Pre-Trial Brief

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File History of U.S. Patent No. 9,633,139

Transcript, Evidentiary Hearing-Vol IV-ITC-337-TA-1389-excerpts 10/9/2024

Entourage-3_Part 1-Barber - Reynolds, Office 2001 for Mac Missing Manual

Entourage-3_Part 6-Barber - Reynolds, Office 2001 for Mac Missing Manual

File History of U.S. Patent No. 10,552,490

Declaration of Ingrid Hseih-Yee_Part 1_with Attachments

Jensen-U.S. Patent No. 6,834,276

United States District Courts Judicial Caseload Profile (excerpt)

Declaration of Loren Terveen

MS Petition

MS Power of Attorney