COMPUTERIZED KNOWLEDGE BROKERAGE SYSTEM - Patent 1159699

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EP 1 159 699 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.07.2001

(43)	Date of publication:
	05.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/49

(21)	Application number: 00913817.3

(22)	Date of filing: 08.03.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/60

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0006/061

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0055/785 (21.09.2000 Gazette 2000/38)

(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:

12.03.1999 US 124289 P

(71)	Applicant: Mainspring Communications, Inc.
	Cambridge, MA 02142 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	VERDI, Mark Newton, MA 20466 (US) HABBE, Ruth Carlisle, MA 01741 (US)

(74)	Representative: Burt, Roger James, Dr.
	IBM United Kingdom Limited,Intellectual Property Law,MP 110,Hursley Park,Hursley Winchester,Hampshire SO21 2JN Winchester,Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)

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