Patents by Inventor Frances Bruttin

Frances Bruttin 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).

  • Method for production refactoring of a producing entity
    Patent number: 11423486
    Abstract: A method for production refactoring of a company comprises quantifying risks stemming from regulations, in particular from an introduction of new regulation. It further comprises identifying actions to take in order to reduce an exposure to risk, quantifying costs of said actions and determining a revenue at risk depending on a revenue and a probability of failure representing said risks. Furthermore, it comprises determining a sequence of actions for solving an improvement problem depending on said revenue at risk and said costs of said actions and profits reducing said revenue at risks and said costs of said actions and increasing said profits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hugh Browne, Frances Bruttin, Douglas Dean, Christopher M. Kenyon, Eleni Pratsinis, Walter Van Dyck
  • Method for production refactoring of a producing entity
    Publication number: 20060259308
    Abstract: A method for production refactoring of a company comprises quantifying risks stemming from regulations, in particular from an introduction of new regulation. It further comprises identifying actions to take in order to reduce an exposure to risk, quantifying costs of said actions and determining a revenue at risk depending on a revenue and a probability of failure representing said risks. Furthermore, it comprises determining a sequence of actions for solving an improvement problem depending on said revenue at risk and said costs of said actions and profits reducing said revenue at risks and said costs of said actions and increasing said profits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hugh Browne, Frances Bruttin, Douglas Dean, Christopher Kenyon, Eleni Pratsinis, Walter Dyck