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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John F. Schumacher, White Plains, NY (US);
Tomi Magome, White Plains, NY (US);
Steffen Michael Fohn, Poughquag, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/720 ; G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/720 ; G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
The current invention represents a system which facilitates the use of electronic catalogs in a manner that is presentational and language neutral. This is accomplished by managing and manipulating the system at the level of conceptual entities and the separation of these conceptual entities presentational form, from their manipulation form.