IP Library Granted Patent US 5,960,411
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US 5,960,411 · App. 08/928,951

Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network

Inventors: Peri Hartman, Jeffrey P. Bezos, Shel Kaphan, Joel R. Spiegel
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Granted: Sep 28, 1999 Filed: Sep 12, 1997
Inventors
Peri Hartman
Jeffrey P. Bezos
Shel Kaphan
Joel R. Spiegel
Assignee (at issue)
Amazon.com, Inc.

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 5,960,411
App. No.
08/928,951
Filed
1997-09-12
Granted
1999-09-28
Kind
A