IP Library Granted Patent US 5,987,429
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US 5,987,429 · App. 08/991,043

Computer-based fee processing for electronic commerce

Inventors: Lynn Michael Maritzen, Carl Alexander Wescott
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Granted: Nov 16, 1999 Filed: Dec 16, 1997
Inventors
Lynn Michael Maritzen
Carl Alexander Wescott
Assignee (at issue)
Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Patent No.
US 5,987,429
App. No.
08/991,043
Filed
1997-12-16
Granted
1999-11-16
Kind
A