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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Thomson Reuters Global Resources, Baar, CH;
Inventors:
Thomas G. Melling, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ronald G. Wencel, Frankfort, IL (US);
Gregory P. Shriber, Issaquah, WA (US);
Richard D. Boone, Kirkland, WA (US);
Donald Murray, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert Thomas, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A facility for insuring information currentness is described. The facility receives from a party a request to submit an invoice. In response to receiving a request, the facility tests the currentness of information to be provided by the party. The facility permits the party to submit an invoice in connection with the request only if the testing determines that the information to be provided by the party is current.