APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A COMPUTER-AIDED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM - Patent 1151412

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EP 1 151 412 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.12.2000

(43)	Date of publication:
	07.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/45

(21)	Application number: 00921318.2

(22)	Date of filing: 04.02.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06N 5/04, G06N 5/02

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0003/020

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0046/651 (10.08.2000 Gazette 2000/32)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

05.02.1999 US 118814 P

(71)	Applicant: Xfi Corporation
	Bethesda, MD 20814 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GHAED, Ali Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (US) GROSSER, John Derry, New Hampshire 03038 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hirsz, Christopher Stanislaw et al
	Hepworth Lawrence Bryer & BizleyMerlin HouseFalconry CourtBaker's Lane Epping,Essex CM16 5DQ Epping,Essex CM16 5DQ (GB)

(54)	APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A COMPUTER-AIDED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM