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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:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Jim Cancilla, San Jose, CA (US);
Sunil Reddy, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Jeff Grier, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Brad Lewis, Gilroy, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jim Cancilla, San Jose, CA (US);
Sunil Reddy, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Jeff Grier, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Brad Lewis, Gilroy, CA (US);
Assignee:
Snap-on Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for evaluating and applying edits from one diagnostic tree to another matching or similar diagnostic tree is described. The system includes a diagnostic tree editor, a library, and a comparison engine. These elements work together to convert an OEM diagnostic tree to an optimized form for use in a repair shop environment by professional mechanics.