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(11) EP 3 861 518 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
11.08.2021 Bulletin 2021/32

(21) Application number: 19869731.0

(22) Date of filing: 01.10.2019
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06Q 30/06(2012.01)
G06Q 30/08(2012.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2019/054006
(87) International publication number:
WO 2020/072453 (09.04.2020 Gazette 2020/15)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 02.10.2018 US 201862740182 P
02.10.2018 US 201862740165 P
28.02.2019 US 201916288373
28.02.2019 US 201916288379

(71) Applicant: Mercari, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA 94304 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • OH, Byong Mok
    Los Altos, California 94024 (US)
  • MEHROTRA, Dhruv
    Mountain View, California 94043 (US)
  • OSAKA, Chiaki
    South San Francisco, California 94080 (US)
  • MAKINO, Naoya
    San Francisco, California 94158 (US)
  • WISEMAN, Patrick Michael
    South San Francisco, California 94080 (US)
  • SUEYASU, Minami
    San Francisco, California 94158 (US)

(74) Representative: Cross, James Peter Archibald et al
Maucher Jenkins 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ
London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

   


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