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EP1000503 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND DISPLAY OF MARKET-PRICE INFORMATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 09.10.2009 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	09.10.2009	Refusal of application	published on 11.11.2009 [2009/46]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Anip, Inc. 502 East John Street Carson City, NV 89706 / US
	[2002/27]
Former [2000/20]	For all designated states Mashinsky, Alexander Apt. 8H, 495 West End Avenue New York, NY 10023 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[2000/20]
Representative(s)	Naismith, Robert Stewart, et al Marks & Clerk LLP Aurora 120 Bothwell Street Glasgow G2 7JS / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2000/20]	Naismith, Robert Stewart, et al CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER 19 Royal Exchange Square Glasgow, G1 3AE Scotland / GB
Application number, filing date	98942297.7	28.08.1998
	[2000/20]
	WO1998US17923
Priority number, date	US19970920567	29.08.1997 Original published format: US 920567
	US19970927443	11.09.1997 Original published format: US 927443
	US19980129413	05.08.1998 Original published format: US 129413
	[2000/20]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9911051
	Date:	04.03.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/09]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1000503
	Date:	17.05.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.03.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/20]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	04.03.1999
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	22.10.2002
Classification	IPC:	H04M15/00, G02B21/00, H04Q3/66, H04L12/24, G06F17/60, G01B7/34	[2002/49]
	CPC:	H04Q3/0062 (EP,US); H04M15/00 (EP,US); H04M15/46 (EP,US); H04M15/49 (EP,US); H04M15/51 (EP,US); H04M15/8044 (EP,US); (+) H04M15/805 (EP,US); H04Q3/66 (EP,US); H04M2215/42 (EP,US); H04M2215/46 (EP,US); H04M2215/54 (EP,US); H04M2215/56 (EP,US); H04M2215/745 (EP,US); H04M2215/7457 (EP,US); H04Q2213/1313 (EP,US); H04Q2213/13141 (EP,US); H04Q2213/13196 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2000/20]	H04M15/00
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT [2000/20]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR VERWALTUNG EINES GLOBALKOMMUNIKATIONSNETZWERKES UND ZUM ANZEIGEN VON MARKTPREIS INFORMATIONEN	[2000/20]
	English:	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND DISPLAY OF MARKET-PRICE INFORMATION	[2000/20]
	French:	PROCEDE ET SYSTEME DE GESTION DE RESEAU MONDIAL DE COMMUNICATIONS ET D'AFFICHAGE D'INFORMATIONS DE PRIX DU MARCHE	[2000/20]
Entry into regional phase	16.03.2000	National basic fee paid
	16.03.2000	Search fee paid
	16.03.2000	Designation fee(s) paid
	16.03.2000	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	25.03.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	16.03.2000	Examination requested [2000/20]
	14.07.2001	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	05.03.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	18.08.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.11.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.04.2005	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	20.04.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.03.2006	Date of oral proceedings
	31.03.2006	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2009/46]
	31.03.2006	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	07.05.2009	Application refused, date of legal effect [2009/46]
Appeal following examination	02.06.2006	Appeal received No. T1450/06
	08.08.2006	Statement of grounds filed
	07.05.2009	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected
	07.05.2009	Date of oral proceedings
	12.05.2009	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	07.05.2009	Date of oral proceedings
Divisional application(s)	EP05022428.6 / EP1633124
Request for further processing for:	20.04.2005	Request for further processing filed
	22.04.2005	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	04.05.2005	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.08.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.02.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	23.07.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.08.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.08.2004	Renewal fee patent year 07
	12.08.2005	Renewal fee patent year 08
	14.08.2006	Renewal fee patent year 09
	14.08.2007	Renewal fee patent year 10
	14.08.2008	Renewal fee patent year 11
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.08.2001	04 M06 Fee paid on 28.02.2002
	31.08.2009	12 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0501903 (IBM [US]) [A] 1-41 * column 4, line 22 - column 6, line 25; figure 2 *;
		[X]WO9428683 (BRITISH TELECOMM [GB]) [X] 1-41 * page 5, line 26 - page 11, line 27 *;
		[X]DE19516364 (MITEL CORP [CA]) [X] 1-41 * column 3, line 12 - column 8, line 36; figures 4A-4C *;
		[X]WO9705749 (CALL MANAGE LTD [IL], et al) [X] 26 * page 15, line 1 - page 23, line 17 *;
		[A]WO9710560 (CYBERMARK L L C [US]) [A] 1 * abstract *;
		[XP]US5675636 (GRAY THOMAS A [CA]) [XP] 1-41 * column 3, line 24 - column 6, line 33; figures 4A-4C *;
		[PA]US5781620 (MONTGOMERY ROBERT H [US], et al) [PA] 1-41 * abstract *;
		[PA]WO9832289 (UNIV WASHINGTON [US]) [PA] 26 * abstract *;
		[AP]US5794207 (WALKER JAY S [US], et al) [AP] 1* column 10, line 1 - line 7 *;
		[PA]EP0858231 (NORTHERN TELECOM LTD [CA]) [PA] 1,8,12,22 * column 4, line 38 - column 5, line 23; figure 2 *;
		[X] - DOORENBOS R B ET AL, "A SCALABLE COMPARISON-SHOPPING AGENT FOR THE WORLD-WIDE WEB", PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS AGENTS MARINA DEL REY, CA., FEB. 5 - 8, 1997, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS AGENTS, NEW YORK, ACM, US, (1997), vol. CONF. 1, ISBN 0-89791-877-0, pages 39 - 48, XP000915342 [X] 26 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/267658.267666
	International search	[Y]US4594477 (NOIROT TAMARRA J [US]);
		[Y]WO9201350 (TELLER DAVID M [US]);
		[Y]US5163042 (OCHIAI TAMIYA [JP]);
		[Y]WO9428683 (BRITISH TELECOMM [GB]);
		[Y]US5606602 (JOHNSON JACK J [US], et al);
		[Y]US5608786 (GORDON ALASTAIR T [CA]);
		[YP]US5706507 (SCHLOSS ROBERT JEFFREY [US]);
		[YP]US5790642 (TAYLOR JOHN [US], et al)

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