AppliedE™ Business Method Patent Issued by European Patent Office
AppliedE™ is pleased to announce that its first European patent has been issued as European Patent No. EP 1 208 446 (link at: http://tinyurl.com/2do6nm). This patent is parallel to appliedE™’s U.S. patent, issued on May 22, 2007 as U.S. Patent No. 7,222,293 (link at: http://tinyurl.com/2adpua).
Northport, NY, August 02, 2007 --(PR.com)-- AppliedE™ Patent No. EP 1 208 446 covers Internet activity recording.
AppliedE™ is pleased to announce that its first European patent has been issued as European Patent No. EP 1 208 446. This patent is parallel to appliedE™’s patent, issued on May 22, 2007 as U.S. Patent No. 7,222,293. This patent is a business method patent that claims and protects a method of automatically recording Internet activity performed by a user on behalf of a client. Business method patents are seldom granted in the U.S., and are only allowed after heightened scrutiny not only by the assigned patent examiner, but also by a panel of senior examiners who have expertise in the particular field of the claimed invention. In this case, the application was examined for over six years; numerous prior art references were cited against the application during the examination process, and the validity of the claims was argued each time. In the end, two sets of claims were allowed and issued which, due to the extensive, rigorous examination they withstood, should carry a stronger presumption of validity than would a patent that was more easily allowed.
The issued claims recite a client session during which Internet activity will be performed. The timing and details of the session are recorded, and an activity record and/or a session bill are generated. These broad claims are applicable to the compliance market, but scope of the claims is farther-reaching and can encompass many other reporting applications. Thus, these U.S. and European patents can be used to enforce appliedE™’s share of markets that it enters while setting up licensing opportunities in other areas, providing revenue even outside the boundaries of its core business.
In addition to the granted patents, appliedE™ has a pending unrelated patent application that claims product innovations that were implemented after the filing of the application that resulted in the issued patent. An application parallel to the issued patent was also filed in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. The Canadian application is still pending with no final indication as to allowability.
AppliedE™ has also filed a continuation patent application in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, based on the issued patent, in order to push for even broader claims and to claim additional aspects of the invention, as well as to keep a “submarine” pending that can be used against infringers as they are discovered. The continuation application was filed before issuance of the patent, and therefore it derives priority based on the filing date of the original application, which is important in overcoming any competing products that have been developed in appliedE™’s wake. A similar continuing application of the European patent has also been filed.
About appliedE™
AppliedE™ was founded in 1999 to deliver auditing and recording solutions for legal and regulatory compliance. In May 2003 and 2004, appliedE™’s innovative software was formally recognized at the 7th & 8th Long Island Software Awards (LISA). Both years, PartnerOnline™ received the LISA Award as the “Best Application Service Provider”.
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AppliedE™ is pleased to announce that its first European patent has been issued as European Patent No. EP 1 208 446. This patent is parallel to appliedE™’s patent, issued on May 22, 2007 as U.S. Patent No. 7,222,293. This patent is a business method patent that claims and protects a method of automatically recording Internet activity performed by a user on behalf of a client. Business method patents are seldom granted in the U.S., and are only allowed after heightened scrutiny not only by the assigned patent examiner, but also by a panel of senior examiners who have expertise in the particular field of the claimed invention. In this case, the application was examined for over six years; numerous prior art references were cited against the application during the examination process, and the validity of the claims was argued each time. In the end, two sets of claims were allowed and issued which, due to the extensive, rigorous examination they withstood, should carry a stronger presumption of validity than would a patent that was more easily allowed.
The issued claims recite a client session during which Internet activity will be performed. The timing and details of the session are recorded, and an activity record and/or a session bill are generated. These broad claims are applicable to the compliance market, but scope of the claims is farther-reaching and can encompass many other reporting applications. Thus, these U.S. and European patents can be used to enforce appliedE™’s share of markets that it enters while setting up licensing opportunities in other areas, providing revenue even outside the boundaries of its core business.
In addition to the granted patents, appliedE™ has a pending unrelated patent application that claims product innovations that were implemented after the filing of the application that resulted in the issued patent. An application parallel to the issued patent was also filed in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. The Canadian application is still pending with no final indication as to allowability.
AppliedE™ has also filed a continuation patent application in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, based on the issued patent, in order to push for even broader claims and to claim additional aspects of the invention, as well as to keep a “submarine” pending that can be used against infringers as they are discovered. The continuation application was filed before issuance of the patent, and therefore it derives priority based on the filing date of the original application, which is important in overcoming any competing products that have been developed in appliedE™’s wake. A similar continuing application of the European patent has also been filed.
About appliedE™
AppliedE™ was founded in 1999 to deliver auditing and recording solutions for legal and regulatory compliance. In May 2003 and 2004, appliedE™’s innovative software was formally recognized at the 7th & 8th Long Island Software Awards (LISA). Both years, PartnerOnline™ received the LISA Award as the “Best Application Service Provider”.
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