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*1 Case 1:18-cv-00001-RGA-SRF Document 357 Filed 05/02/24 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 39196
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE IPA TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
Plaintiff, C.A. No. l :18-cv-00001-RGA-SRF
v.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
Defendant. ~81:.B) FINAL CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
After having considered the submissions of the parties and hearing oral argument on the matter, and in accordance with the reasoning set forth in the Court's Memorandum Opinions dated April 27, 2023 (D.I. 143) and April 25 , 2024 (D.I. 341),
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the terms in U.S . Patent No. 7,069,560 ("the '560 patent") set forth below are construed or adopted as follows:
Claim Term Patent Claims Court's Construction "sub-goal" '560 patent: claims 50, 53 , 54 "subgoals, when not modified
by ' one or more,' means "two or more subgoals" "goal satisfaction ' 560 patent: claim 50 "plan for satisfying a goal that plan" includes delegating sub-goals
to specific agents, is not limited to asking service providing agents to retrieve information, and is consistent with advice parameters." "layer" ' 560 patent: claims 50, 53 , 54 "a set of rules that are a part of
the ICL" "layer of ' 560 patent: claims 50, 53, 54 "a layer which governs the conversational structure of interagent protocol" communications" "request for a ' 560 patent: claims 50, 53, 54 "a user request that is recited service" / "service in the claimed ICL and must request" meet every requirement of the
claimed ICL" 1
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"base goal" '560 patent: claims 50, 53, 54 "starting goal" "cooperative task ' 560 patent: claims 50, 53 , 54 plain and ordinary meaning completion/
cooperative
completion of the
base goal"
"inter-agent "an interface, communication, ' 560 patent: claims 50, 53, 54 language" / "inter- and task coordination agent communication language" language" / "ICL"
"event" '560 patent: claims 50, 53 , 54 "a message between agents or
between an agent and a facilitator" "non-syntactic ' 560 patent: claims 50, 53, 54 "separating or resolving into decomposition" constituent parts based on
factors other than syntax" "agent registry" / ' 560 patent: claims 50, 53, 54 plain and ordinary meaning "registry of
capabilities of the
service-providing
electronic agents"
"event type(s)" '560 patent: claims 50, 53 , 54 "type of event" "parameter lists ' 560 patent: claims 50, 53 , 54 "lists of parameters that refine associated with one associated events" or more events" /
"wherein the
parameter lists further
refine the one or more
events"
IT JS SO ORDERED this ;)_,.._,) day of~ 2024.
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UNITED ST A TES DISTRICT JUDGE 2