INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING SPATIALLY SELECTIVE FEATURES - Patent 1364315

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EP 1 364 315 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.09.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	26.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/48

(21)	Application number: 02700075.1

(22)	Date of filing: 11.02.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/30

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/CA0200/144

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0206/5331 (22.08.2002 Gazette 2002/34)

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

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Priority:

09.02.2001 CA 2335445

(71)	Applicant: Overture Services, Inc.
	Pasadena, CA 91103 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	LEISHMAN, Peter CH-1666 Grandvillard (CH) FORTH, Peter Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4 (CA) STEWART, John Roseneath, Ontario K0K 2X0 (CA)

(74)	Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell et al
	Boult Wade TennantVerulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

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