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EP1114384 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRONIC AUCTIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 10.12.2004 Database last updated on 16.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	07.07.2007	Change - inventor	published on 08.08.2007 [2007/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Freemarkets, Inc. One Oliver Plaza, 210 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 / US
	[2001/28]
Inventor(s)	01 / ALAIA, Marc 113 Grandview Avenue Glenshaw, PA 15116 / US
	02 / BECKER, David, J. 22 Sewickley Hills Drive Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	03 / BERNARD, Anthony, F. 2518 Lindenwood Drive Wexford, PA 15090 / US
	04 / HECKMANN, Daniel, C. 4889 East Willock Road Pittsburgh, PA 15227 / US
	05 / KINNEY, Sam, E., Jr. 314 Maple Lane Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	06 / MEAKAM, Glen, T. 703 Cochran Street Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	07 / RAGO, Vincent, E. 15 Roxbury Road Pittsburgh, PA 15221 / US
	08 / RENEAU, Jason 5743 Howe St. 2 Pittsburgh, PA 15232 / US
	09 / ROBERTS, Frederick, W. 1669 Sturbridge Drive Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	10 / RUPP, William, D. 2151 Cayuda Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15239 / US
	11 / STEVENS, Robert, G. Apt. 1, 5518 Ellsworth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15232 / US
	[2007/32]
Former [2001/45]	01 / ALAIA, Marc 113 Grandview Avenue Glenshaw, PA 15116 / US
	02 / BECKER, David, J. 22 Sewickley Hills Drive Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	03 / BERNARD, Anthony, F. 2518 Lindenwood Drive Wexford, PA 15090 / US
	04 / HECKMANN, Daniel, C. 4889 East Willock Road Pittsburgh, PA 15227 / US
	05 / KINNEY, Sam, E., Jr. 314 Maple Lane Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	06 / MEAKAM, Glen, T. 703 Cochran Street Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	07 / RAGO, Vincent, E. 15 Roxbury Road Pittsburgh, PA 15221 / US
	08 / RENEAU, Jason 5743 Howe St. #2 Pittsburgh, PA 15232 / US
	09 / ROBERTS, Frederick, W. 1669 Sturbridge Drive Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	10 / RUPP, William, D. 2151 Cayuda Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15239 / US
	11 / STEVENS, Robert, G. Apt. 1, 5518 Ellsworth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15232 / US
Former [2001/28]	01 / ALAIA, Marc 113 Grandview Avenue Glenshaw, PA 15116 / US
	02 / BECKER, David, J. 22 Sewickley Hills Drive Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	03 / BERNARD, Anthony, F. 2518 Lindenwood Drive Wexford, PA 15090 / US
	04 / HECKMANN, Daniel, C. 4889 East Willock Road Pittsburgh, PA 15227 / US
	05 / KINNEY, Sam, E., Jr. 314 Maple Lane Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	06 / MEAKAM, Glen, T. 703 Cochran Street Sewickley, PA 15143 / US
	07 / RAGO, Vincent, E. 15 Roxbury Road Pittsburgh, PA 15221 / US
	08 / RENEAU, Jason 403 Marlborough Street Boston, MA 02115 / US
	09 / ROBERTS, Frederick, W. Apt. 803, 5 Grandview Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15221 / US
	10 / RUPP, William, D. 2151 Cayuda Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15239 / US
	11 / STEVENS, Robert, G. Apt. 1, 5518 Ellsworth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15232 / US
Representative(s)	Beyer, Andreas Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2001/28]	Beyer, Andreas, Dr. Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date	99951498.7	17.09.1999
	[2001/28]
	WO1999US21600
Priority number, date	US19980101141P	18.09.1998 Original published format: US 101141 P
	US19980110846P	04.12.1998 Original published format: US 110846 P
	US19990252790	19.02.1999 Original published format: US 252790
	[2001/28]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0017797
	Date:	30.03.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/13]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1114384
	Date:	11.07.2001
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.03.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/28]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	30.03.2000
Classification	IPC:	G06F17/60	[2001/28]
	CPC:	G06Q40/04 (EP,US); G06Q30/0601 (EP,US); G06Q30/08 (EP,US); G06Q40/03 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [2004/21]
Former [2001/28]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR ELEKTRONISCHEN AUKTIONSDURCHFÜHRUNG	[2001/28]
	English:	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRONIC AUCTIONS	[2001/28]
	French:	PROCEDE ET SYSTEME POUR CONDUIRE DES VENTES AUX ENCHERES ELECTRONIQUES	[2001/28]
Entry into regional phase	18.04.2001	National basic fee paid
	18.04.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.04.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	31.03.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	18.04.2001	Examination requested [2001/28]
	06.06.2001	Request for accelerated examination filed
	11.07.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	11.07.2001	Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
	06.11.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.11.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	04.03.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.10.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	20.02.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.06.2004	Application refused, date of legal effect [2005/04]
	17.06.2004	Date of oral proceedings
	24.08.2004	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2005/04]
	24.08.2004	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)	EP01111702.5 / EP1122667
	EP01111703.3 / EP1122668
	EP01111712.4 / EP1122669
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	18.09.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	18.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	18.09.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.09.2004	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited in	International search	[A]WO9737315 (ONSALE INC [US], et al) [A] * the whole document *;
		[A] - BANÂTRE ET AL, "The design and building of ENCHÈRE, a distributed electronic marketing system", COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM, New York, NY, US, (198601), vol. 29, no. 1, pages 19 - 29, XP000002077 [A] * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/5465.5467
		[A] - COHEN, "Computerized commerce", INFORMATION PROCESSING 89 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE IFIP 11TH WORLD COMPUTER CONGRESS, San Francisco, CA, US, (19890828), pages 1095 - 1100, XP000079818 [A] * section 3 *

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