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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:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Suzanne Miranda Kopcha, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
Product development is accomplished through a plurality of product development tools, each tool assisting in a separate aspect of product development. Each tool has at least one instantiation of a tool module implementing tool logic and a tool database accessible by each tool module. Each product development tool communicates with a global readiness database. The readiness database includes common information accessible by more than one of the product development tools. At least one product supply tool accesses the readiness database to read product development information.