Patents by Inventor Brian T. McAnaney

Brian T. McAnaney has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040093583
    Abstract: A project bidding system includes a modular bidding toolkit for facilitating bid solicitation and evaluation. The toolkit provides a bid template for specifying bidding parameters for a project, a terms and conditions document, a provider engagement letter, and a provider policy. The bid template may allow association of a project with a first number of work hours and a first billing rate for a first provider level, and with a second number of work hours and a second billing rate for a second provider level, and reception of a plurality of bids for the project from the plurality of potential bidders, one or more of the plurality of bids including a third billing rate for the first provider level and a fourth billing rate for the second provider level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Brian T. McAnaney, Joseph J. Ringhoffer, Rajeev Lakra
  • Patent number: 6654767
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian T. McAnaney, William E. Bandon, III, Stephen D. Kahn, Todd L. Mattson, Patrick Kennedy Patnode, Jean Kelly Testa, Mary McCrea NcNamara
  • Publication number: 20020087562
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Brian T. McAnaney, William E. Bandon, Stephen D. Kahn, Todd L. Mattson, Patrick Kennedy Patnode, Jean Kelly Testa, Mary McCrea NcNamara