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EP About this file: EP0858697

EP0858697 - COMPUTERIZED PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR PURCHASING GOODS AND SERVICES ON THE INTERNET [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  11.11.2011
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.11.2011Refusal of applicationpublished on 14.12.2011  [2011/50]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PayPal, Inc.
303 Bryant Street
Mountain View, California 94041 / US
[2005/47]
Former [2003/12]For all designated states
Doubleclick Inc.
450 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001 / US
Former [1998/34]For all designated states
FIRST VIRTUAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Suite 300, 11975 El Camino Road
San Diego, CA 92130 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ROSE, Marshall, T.
420 Whisman Court
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
02 / STEIN, Lee, H.
17435 Los Morros
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 / US
03 / BORENSTEIN, Nathaniel, S.
1724 Shadford
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 / US
04 / LOWERY, Carlyn, M.
508 Second Street
Petaluma, CA 94952 / US
05 / NEW, Darren
13911 Durango Drive
Del Mar, CA 92014 / US
06 / STEFFERUD, Einar
17301 Drey Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92647 / US
[1998/34]
Representative(s)Curley, Donnacha John, et al
Hanna Moore + Curley
Garryard House
25/26 Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 2, D02 PX51 / IE
[N/P]
Former [2010/41]Curley, Donnacha John, et al
Hanna Moore & Curley 13 Lower Lad Lane
Dublin 2 / IE
Former [1998/34]McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell, et al
Boult Wade Tennant 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ / GB
Application number, filing date96937866.030.10.1996
[1998/34]
WO1996US17556
Priority number, dateUS1995054830501.11.1995         Original published format: US 548305
[1998/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9716897
Date:09.05.1997
Language:EN
[1997/20]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0858697
Date:19.08.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.05.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/34]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US09.05.1997
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.03.2002
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/60, G07F19/00, H04K1/00
[2002/17]
CPC:
G06Q20/02 (EP,US); G06Q20/027 (EP,US); G06Q20/04 (EP,US);
G06Q20/0855 (EP,US); G06Q20/10 (EP,US); G06Q20/12 (EP,US);
G06Q20/425 (EP,US); H04L9/3226 (EP,US); H04L9/3247 (EP,US);
H04L2209/56 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1998/34]H04K1/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1998/34]
TitleGerman:COMPUTERGESTEUERTES ZAHLUNGSSYSTEM ZUM ANKAUF VON GÜTERN UND DIENSTLEISTUNGEN ÜBER DAS INTERNET[1998/34]
English:COMPUTERIZED PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR PURCHASING GOODS AND SERVICES ON THE INTERNET[1998/34]
French:SYSTEME DE PAIEMENT INFORMATISE POUR L'ACHAT DE BIENS ET DE SERVICES SUR INTERNET[1998/34]
Entry into regional phase22.05.1998National basic fee paid 
22.05.1998Search fee paid 
22.05.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
22.05.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.05.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
22.05.1998Examination requested  [1998/34]
25.07.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.01.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.03.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.07.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.04.2007Date of oral proceedings
14.05.2007Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
23.05.2007Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2011/50]
28.10.2011Application refused, date of legal effect [2011/50]
Appeal following examination20.07.2007Appeal received No.  T1903/07
02.10.2007Statement of grounds filed
28.10.2011Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant withdrawn
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  25.07.2003
Fees paidRenewal fee
05.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
04.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
04.10.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
22.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
26.08.2002Renewal fee patent year 07
23.10.2003Renewal fee patent year 08
25.10.2004Renewal fee patent year 09
27.10.2005Renewal fee patent year 10
27.10.2006Renewal fee patent year 11
29.10.2007Renewal fee patent year 12
27.10.2008Renewal fee patent year 13
26.10.2009Renewal fee patent year 14
11.10.2010Renewal fee patent year 15
11.10.2011Renewal fee patent year 16
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Documents cited:Search[Y]WO9516971  (OPEN MARKET INC [US]) [Y] 1-13,18,24-27 * page 20, line 3 - line 16 *;
 [PA]WO9608783  (FIRST VIRTUAL HOLDINGS INC [US]) [PA] 1-13,18,24-27 * page 13, line 3 - page 14, line 21 * * page 19, line 34 - page 21, line 16 * * figures 1,5,10 *;
 [A]US5329589  (FRASER ALEXANDER G [US], et al) [A] 1-27 * column 8, line 5 - column 9, line 55; figure 4 *
 [Y]  - "FIRST VIRTUAL(TM) INTERNET PAYMENT SYSTEM", COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM, (199411), vol. 37, no. 11, pages 17 - 21, XP002128491 [Y] 1-13,18,24-27 * Section "Example of practical usage of the NII", 2nd and 3rd paragraph *
 [X]  - COX B ET AL, "NETBILL SECURITY AND TRANSACTION PROTOCOL", PROCEEDINGS OF THE USENIX WORKSHOP OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, XX, XX, (19950711), pages 77 - 88, XP000579446 [X] 22 * page 77 - page 82 * * page 86 - page 87; figure 1 *
 [PA]  - ALAIN PLAMONDON, "Paiement électronique: Entreprise privée: First Virtual Internet Payment System", LE PAIEMENT ÉLECTRONIQUE SUR INTERNET, (19961005), pages 1 - 4, URL: www.rambit.qc.ca/plamondon/fv.htm, (20020226), XP002191458 [PA] 1-13,18,24-27 * Section "Principe" *
International search[XE]US5590197  (CHEN JAMES F [US], et al);
 [X]US5329589  (FRASER ALEXANDER G [US], et al);
 [A]US5283829  (ANDERSON MILTON M [US]);
 [A]US4947028  (GOROG JONATHAN M [US]);
 [A]US5420926  (LOW STEVEN H [US], et al);
 [A]US5291554  (MORALES FERNANDO [US]);
 [A]US4799156  (SHAVIT EYAL [US], et al);
 [AP]US5557518  (ROSEN SHOLOM S [US])
 [X]  - Press Release for "CARI" and "Frequently Asked Questions About CARI", 10 April 1995, see FAQ *18.
 [X]  - THE NETBILL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE PROJECT, 15 May 1995; Sections Entitled, "The NetBill Transaction Protocol" and "NetBill Costs and Interaction with Financial Institutions" and SANTO, B. Bill Paying put on Line, Electronic Engineering Times, No. 849, page 82, 20 March 1995.
 [X]  - The GlobeID Payment System, Spring 1994 (3 pages).
by applicantWO9608783
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