A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A DOCUMENT SEARCH SYSTEM USING SEARCH CRITERIA COMPRISED OF RATINGS PREPARED BY EXPERTS - Patent 1428143

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EP 1 428 143 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	01.04.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	16.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/25

(21)	Application number: 01954862.7

(22)	Date of filing: 23.07.2001

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

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2001/023058

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/008946 (31.01.2002 Gazette 2002/05)

(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:

24.07.2000 US 220398 P

(71)	Applicant: Protigen Inc.
	Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	MASCARENHAS, Desmond, D. Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hanna, Peter William Derek et al
	Hanna, Moore & Curley,11 Mespil Road, Dublin 4 Dublin 4 (IE)

(54)	A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A DOCUMENT SEARCH SYSTEM USING SEARCH CRITERIA COMPRISED OF RATINGS PREPARED BY EXPERTS