The amended complaint, which was obtained by the was posted to the federal court system's database early Wednesday.

Two weeks ago, U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman , saying it was so vague that its "allegations are insufficient to put Defendants 'on notice' as to what [they] must defend."

Pechman gave Allen until Dec. 28 to submit a revised complaint.

claimed 11 companies -- AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, and YouTube -- violated four patents developed by Internal Research, a Palo Alto, Calif. research lab Allen funded in 1992. The lab shut its doors in 2000, but later transferred the patents to Interval Licensing, a patent-holding company also owned by Allen.

The new 35-page complaint lists a dizzying range of online services -- and desktop and Web software -- that allegedly violate those patents.