METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ASSESSMENT WITHIN A MULTI-LEVEL ORGANIZATION - Patent 1875420

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EP 1 875 420 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.05.2007

(43)	Date of publication:
	09.01.2008 Bulletin 2008/02

(21)	Application number: 06750154.4

(22)	Date of filing: 12.04.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06Q 10/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/014043

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/110892 (19.10.2006 Gazette 2006/42)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

27.02.2006 US 363868
04.04.2006 US 398073
04.04.2006 US 398240
12.04.2005 US 670963 P

(71)	Applicant: Blackboard, Inc.
	Washington, DC 20036 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	YASKIN, David Arlington, VA 22201 (US) RITTER, Greg Washington, DC 20002 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hill, Justin John et al
	McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP 7 Bishopsgate London EC2N 3AR London EC2N 3AR (GB)

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