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U.S. Patent No. 4,750,I 19 ("the Cohen patenf'), titled "Purchasing System With Rebate
Featu1e." The Cohen patent had issued on June 7, 1988.
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b. The Cohen patent further teaches "a computer program, utilized in
combination with zi purchasing or transactions! system, which allows subscr1ber—purch:1sers to
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ci Mr. Storey affirnmtivcly elected to suppress the
Cohen patent during prosecution ofthe ‘S70 patent application. Nor was the Cohen patent
disclosed during prosecution ofthe ‘4l2 patent application.
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the Look to Book program had been in the
public domain since at least l992 through a variety of media.
36. Moreover, the ‘44-4 patent itself issued a {ew weeks after [Ning ofthe *870 patent
application, further undermining the notion that Mr. Storey had a legitimate belief that he needed
to keep the ‘444 patent application and./or Look to Book program confidential. Nor did Mr.
Storey advise Mr. Bach of thc published PCT Application.
37. The application leading to the ‘87O patent was filed on December 14, IQ95. As
noted, Thomas Storey was listed as the sole inventor.
None of the Look to Book program, ‘444 patent
application, PCT Application, or Cohen reference were brought to the U.S. Patent Offices
attention, at the time of tiling or later. Nor was the ‘444 patent, which issued only three weeks
after the ‘870 patent application was filed.
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