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To: GoNorth who wrote (25692)	4/25/1999 9:08:00 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 37507

To the Thread; I searched the U.S. Patent Office under "Dutch Auction" and found that Onsale was granted a patent on Nov 10/1998 for several auction processes including a Dutch Auction. Their Dutch Auction does not appear to be a declining price auction. However, a part of the patent covers another auction process which is a declining price auction. After reading Onsales patent I am somewhat skeptical of the value of Bid.coms patent. Onsale's patent is interesting reading and can be found at: 164.195.100.11; Al (no current position in BIDS or BII)