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EP1242956 - FACILITATING A TRANSACTION BETWEEN A MERCHANT AND A BUYER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 03.11.2015 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	03.11.2015	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 02.12.2015 [2015/49]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Pitney Bowes Inc. World Headquarters One Elmcroft Road Stamford, CT 06926-0700 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2002/39]	For all designated states PITNEY BOWES INC. World Headquarters, One Elmcroft Road Stamford, Connecticut 06926-0700 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / FOTH, Thomas, J. 5099 Madison Avenue Trumbull, CT 06611 / US
	02 / ROMANSKY, Brian, M. 51 Greenwood Drive Monroe, CT 06468 / US
	[2002/39]
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastrasse 30 81925 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2002/39]	HOFFMANN - EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date	00988327.3	20.12.2000
	[2002/39]
	WO2000US35175
Priority number, date	US19990474326	29.12.1999 Original published format: US 474326
	[2002/39]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0148662
	Date:	05.07.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/27]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1242956
	Date:	25.09.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.07.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/39]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	05.07.2001
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.05.2003
Classification	IPC:	G06F17/60, G06F1/00	[2003/23]
	CPC:	G06Q30/06 (EP,US); G06Q20/10 (EP,US); G06Q20/3678 (EP,US); G06Q20/382 (EP,US); G06Q40/00 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2002/39]	G06F17/60
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [2004/20]
Former [2002/39]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ERLEICHTERN EINER TRANSLATION ZWISCHEN EINEM VERKÄUFER UND EINEM KÄUFER	[2002/39]
	English:	FACILITATING A TRANSACTION BETWEEN A MERCHANT AND A BUYER	[2002/39]
	French:	FACILITATION DE TRANSACTIONS ENTRE COMMER ANT ET ACHETEUR	[2002/39]
Entry into regional phase	18.07.2002	National basic fee paid
	18.07.2002	Search fee paid
	18.07.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.07.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	23.07.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	18.07.2002	Examination requested [2002/39]
	24.07.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.11.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.07.2015	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2015/49]
	28.07.2015	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time [2015/49]
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 is 24.07.2009
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	20.01.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.12.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	23.12.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.12.2005	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.12.2006	Renewal fee patent year 07
	24.12.2007	Renewal fee patent year 08
	24.12.2008	Renewal fee patent year 09
	28.12.2009	Renewal fee patent year 10
	27.12.2010	Renewal fee patent year 11
	27.12.2011	Renewal fee patent year 12
	26.12.2012	Renewal fee patent year 13
	27.12.2013	Renewal fee patent year 14
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.12.2002	03 M06 Fee paid on 20.01.2003
	31.12.2014	15 M06 Not yet paid
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		[X]EP0798892 (IBM [US]) [X] 1-8 * abstract * * column 1, line 3 - line 49 * * column 4, line 34 - line 51 * * column 5, line 55 - column 7, line 25 * * column 7, line 55 - column 8, line 9 * * column 8, line 30 - line 47 * * column 9, line 57 - column 10, line 12 * * column 10, line 23 - column 11, line 2 * * column 11, line 27 - line 58 * * column 12, line 32 - line 56 * * column 13, line 18 - column 15, line 3 * * column 16, line 28 - line 59 *;
		[X]US5845281 (BENSON GREG [SE], et al) [X] 1-8 * abstract * * column 1, line 33 - line 60 * * column 3, line 32 - column 4, line 27 * * column 5, line 47 - line 64 * * column 7, line 1 - column 10, line 22 * * column 12, line 29 - column 14, line 18 * * column 17, line 24 - line 27 *;
		[X]US5933498 (SCHNECK PAUL B [US], et al) [X] 1-8 * abstract * * column 2, line 61 - column 3, line 9 * * column 3, line 37 - line 44 * * column 7, line 28 - line 43 * * column 9, line 42 - column 10, line 58 * * column 11, line 44 - column 13, line 9 * * column 15, line 1 - line 18 * * column 17, line 44 - line 53 * * column 21, line 10 - line 19 * * column 22, line 43 - line 50 * * column 23, line 42 - line 48 * * column 25, line 49 - line 63 * * column 29, line 37 - line 57 * * column 33, line 1 - column 34, line 3 *;
		[E]US6473740 (COCKRILL MICHAEL P [US], et al) [E] 1-8* the whole document *;
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		[A] - CHOUDHURY A K ET AL, "COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING OVER COMPUTER NETWORKS", IEEE NETWORK, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, (19950501), vol. 9, no. 3, ISSN 0890-8044, pages 12 - 20, XP000505280 [A] 1-8 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/65.386048
		[A] - BAKER, "In the money - QPass has big hopes for small Net sales", BUSINESS JOURNAL (INTERNET), (19981012), URL: www.amcity.com/seattle/stories/1998/10/12/story3.html, (20000330), XP002134402 [A] 1-8 * the whole document *
	International search	[A]US5590197 (CHEN JAMES F [US], et al);
		[A]US5855008 (GOLDHABER A NATHANIEL [US], et al);
		[A]US5883810 (FRANKLIN D CHASE [US], et al);
		[A]US5956400 (CHAUM DAVID [US], et al);
		[AP]US6005939 (FORTENBERRY KEITH NEIL [US], et al);
		[AP]US6055518 (FRANKLIN MATTHEW K [US], et al);
		[AP]US6078902 (SCHENKLER LEON [IL])

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