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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:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Brian T. McAnaney, Stamford, CT (US);
William E. Bandon, III, Katonah, NY (US);
Stephen D. Kahn, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Todd L. Mattson, New York, NY (US);
Patrick Kennedy Patnode, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Jean Kelly Testa, Rexford, NY (US);
Mary McCrea NcNamara, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for management of invention disclosures, in one exemplary embodiment, utilizes a system including a server and at least one device connected to the server via a network. The system restricts access of users based upon job description. In addition, the system facilitates evaluation of each invention disclosure by storing invention disclosure information input by users and sorting invention disclosures based on criteria input by the submitter as well as by other multiple users via the device. Invention disclosure information is based upon at least one of an innovation disclosure, a patentability assessment, an intrinsic value assessment, a competitive value assessment and an overall assessment of the invention.