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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:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel A. Schoch, Minster, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Minster Machine Company, Minster, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/132 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/132 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining the original warranty and extended warranty for a mechanical device. A value indicative of the severity of the use of a mechanical device is utilized to develop a value of original warranty and a value of extended warranty. Extended warranty information may additionally be used to offer an automatic buyback of the mechanical device.