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EP1280084 - Internet billing method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  02.08.2013
Database last updated on 26.03.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2013Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 04.09.2013  [2013/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Netcraft Corporation
P.O. Box 717
Lincoln, MA 01773 / US
[2003/05]
Inventor(s)01 / Egendorf, Andrew
10, Tower Road
Lincoln, MA 01773 / US
 [2003/05]
Representative(s)Asquith, Julian Peter
Marks & Clerk LLP
2nd Floor, Wytham Court
11 West Way
Oxford OX2 0JB / GB
[N/P]
Former [2010/31]Asquith, Julian Peter
Marks & Clerk LLP 4220 Nash Court Oxford Business Park South Oxford
Oxfordshire OX4 2RU / GB
Former [2007/10]Jany, Peter, et al
Patentanwalt Karlstrasse 87
76137 Karlsruhe / DE
Former [2003/05]Jany, Peter, Dr., et al
Dr. H.-P. Pfeifer Dr. P. Jany Patentanwälte Beiertheimer Allee 19
76137 Karlsruhe / DE
Application number, filing date02024360.606.06.1996
[2003/05]
Priority number, dateUS1995049953507.07.1995         Original published format: US 499535
[2003/05]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1280084
Date:29.01.2003
Language:EN
[2003/05]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1280084
Date:22.12.2010
[2010/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.11.2010
ClassificationIPC:G06Q30/00, G07F19/00
[2010/51]
CPC:
G06Q20/102 (EP,US); G06Q20/02 (EP,US); G06Q20/04 (EP,US);
G06Q20/10 (EP,US); G06Q20/105 (EP,US); G06Q20/108 (EP,US);
G06Q20/12 (EP,US); G06Q20/14 (EP,US); G06Q20/16 (EP,US);
G06Q20/40 (EP,US); G06Q30/04 (EP,US); G06Q30/0601 (EP,US);
G06Q30/0613 (EP,US); G06Q30/0633 (EP,US); G06Q40/04 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2003/05]G06F17/60, G07F19/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2003/05]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Faktorierung über das Internet[2003/05]
English:Internet billing method[2003/05]
French:Procédé de facturation sur Internet[2003/05]
Examination procedure08.06.2011Examination requested  [2011/29]
10.10.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.04.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.07.2013Application withdrawn by applicant  [2013/36]
26.07.2013Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 12.09.2013
12.09.2013Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP96917209.7  / EP0845125
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP19960917209) is  10.05.2000
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
02.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
02.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
02.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
02.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 07
31.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 08
03.05.2004Renewal fee patent year 09
23.04.2005Renewal fee patent year 10
24.06.2006Renewal fee patent year 11
26.06.2007Renewal fee patent year 12
25.06.2008Renewal fee patent year 13
26.06.2009Renewal fee patent year 14
25.06.2010Renewal fee patent year 15
07.06.2011Renewal fee patent year 16
31.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 17
31.03.2013Renewal fee patent year 18
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Documents cited:Search[L]  - EPO, "Mitteilung des Europäischen Patentamts vom 1. Oktober 2007 über Geschäftsmethoden = Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 October 2007 concerning business methods = Communiqué de l'Office européen des brevets,en date du 1er octobre 2007, concernant les méthodes dans le domaine des activités", JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE L'OFFICE EUROPEEN DES BREVETS.OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE.AMTSBLATTT DES EUROPAEISCHEN PATENTAMTS, OEB, MUNCHEN, DE, (20071101), vol. 30, no. 11, ISSN 0170-9291, pages 592 - 593, XP007905525 [L] * Statement in accordance with the Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 October 2007 concerning business methods (OJ 11/2007; p 592-593) The claimed subject matter, with due regard to the description and the drawings, relates to processes comprised in the list of subject matter and activities excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC. The applicant is advised that in accordance with the established practice of the EPO, no search need be performed in respect of those aspects of the claimed invention. The only identifiable technical aspects of the invention relate to the use of conventional, general-purpose data processing technology for processing data of an inherently non-technical nature. The information technology employed is considered to have been generally known as it was widely available at the time of filing/priority of the present application. The notoriety of such prior art cannot reasonably be contested. No documentary evidence was therefore considered required. *
Examination   - SINGLETON A, "CASH ON THE WIREHEAD", BYTE, MCGRAW-HILL INC. ST PETERBOROUGH, US, (19950601), vol. 20, no. 6, ISSN 0360-5280, pages 71/72,74,76 - 78, XP000509328
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