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US 5367627
Computer-assisted parts sales method
Current assignee: CLEAR WTH COMPUTERS LLC
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview — US 5,367,627 A
Title: Computer-assisted parts sales method
Patent number: US5367627A
Application number: US08/133,986
Inventor: Jerome D. Johnson
Original assignee: Clear With Computers Inc
Current assignee (listed): CLEAR WTH COMPUTERS LLC; ORION IP DE LLC LLC
Priority date: 1989-10-13
Filing date: 1993-10-12
Publication/grant date: 1994-11-22
Anticipated expiration: 2011-11-22
Legal status (as listed): Expired – Lifetime
Purpose and plain-language scope: The supplied text identifies the invention only as a "computer-assisted parts sales method." The prior-art keywords provided — information, record, parts, file, pointer — indicate the subject matter concerns storing and referencing parts information and records via pointers. No abstract, summary, independent claim, or detailed description is included in the excerpt, so the precise steps of the method, the hardware involved, and the specific claim limitations cannot be stated from this source.
Procedural context shown: The excerpt lists numerous litigation entries (district court, Federal Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court) and several assignment/reassignment records. Per the task instructions, these are noted as present in the source only and are not analyzed here.
What the excerpt does not establish:
- The text of any claim, the abstract, or the specification.
- The technical steps, components, or boundaries of the claimed method.
- The identity of any prior-art reference or the basis for examination.
- The accuracy or legal effect of the listed assignments, litigation, or legal status (the source itself states these are assumptions/not legal conclusions).
- Whether any listed assignee currently holds enforceable rights.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US5367627/en (excerpt fetched 2026-09-23; source marked "[Excerpt only; consult the source for omitted text.]").
This overview is limited strictly to the supplied patent text; no external research on litigation, ownership, validity, or prior art was performed, and no missing facts have been supplied.
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Litigation summary
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PTAB challenges
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Assignment history
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Prior art
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Obviousness
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Extensions
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Derivative works
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