IP Library Granted Patent US 6,498,921
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US 6,498,921 · App. 09/387,932

Method and system to answer a natural-language question

Inventors: Chi Fai Ho, Peter P. Tong
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Granted: Dec 24, 2002 Filed: Sep 1, 1999
Inventors
Chi Fai Ho
Peter P. Tong

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,498,921
App. No.
09/387,932
Filed
1999-09-01
Granted
2002-12-24
Kind
B1