SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BERKOWITZ STEVE (Last) (First) (Middle) 5858 HORTON STREET SUITE 350 (Street) EMERYVILLE X1 94608 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ASK JEEVES INC [ ASKJ ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/14/2004
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	09/14/2004		M(1)		2,500	A	$1.21	42,960	D
Common Stock	09/14/2004		M(1)		25,000	A	$6.93	67,960	D
Common Stock	09/14/2004		S(1)		2,500	D	$30	65,460	D
Common Stock	09/14/2004		S(1)		25,000	D	$30.058	40,460	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$1.21	09/14/2004		M(1)			2,500	04/01/2003(2)	05/10/2012	Common Stock	2,500	$0	90,000	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$6.93	09/14/2004		M(1)			25,000(3)	04/01/2003(3)	04/01/2013	Common Stock	25,000	$0	155,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. This transaction was effected pursuant to a 10b5-1 sales plan adopted by the reporting person. The automatic sale component of this transaction was previously reported as a planned sale on a Form 144 filed by (or on behalf of) the reporting person.

2. Vesting schedule as follows: 25% vest on 4/1/2003 and the remaining vesting in equal monthly installments over the subsequent 36 month period.

3. The Shares shall vest in a series of forty-eight (48) successive equal monthly installments upon Optionholder's completion of each additional month of Continuous Service over the forty-eight (48) month period measured from the Vesting Commencement Date. Any unvested options in this grant would accelerate by 12 additional months of vesting if a Double Trigger event occurs. Double Trigger is defined as follows: Sale of the Company and termination without cause within 12 months of sale.

Remarks:

	Brett Robertson, Attorney-in-Fact for Steve Berkowitz	09/15/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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