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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:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Applicants:
David R. Machin, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Jon Anton, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Inventors:
David R. Machin, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Jon Anton, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Assignee:
Benchmark Portal, Inc., Orcutt, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/173 ; G06F011/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An on-line benchmarking system and method that enables requesting users to define customized peer groups within an extensive database of participants, and to be compared with such customized groups in a wide range of performance categories. The system and method incorporates a range of detailed reporting options that not only present comparison data, but also financially quantify performance gaps and identify and rank a range of solution options.