Patents by Inventor Jane S. MacCutcheon

Jane S. MacCutcheon 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).

  • Patent number: 6870085
    Abstract: A method facilitating the learning of music by matching coded note symbols of musical compositions to coded note location and formation identifiers of instruments. Colors, in the preferred embodiment each having a name beginning with one of the letters names of the musical alphabet, are combined with octave group pitch marks, enabling the coding of musical notes. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the colors are paired with stylized animal images. These animal images' names are coupled with the color names of the invention via reiteration of the first letter of the names to enhance the remembering of the relationship between color and note. The invention's color coding system is also applied to musical composition structures for easy identification of musical elements such as compositional keys and key signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Jane S. MacCutcheon
  • Publication number: 20020050206
    Abstract: A method facilitating the learning of music by matching coded note symbols (38) of musical compositions to coded note location and formation identifiers (32) of instruments. Colors, each having a name beginning with one of the letter names of the musical alphabet (45), are combined with pitch marks (39), enabling the coding of musical notes. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the colors are paired with stylized animal images (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62). These animal images' names are coupled with the color names of the invention via reiteration of the first letter of the names (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62) to enhance the remembering of the relationship between color and note. The invention's color coding system is also applied to musical composition structures (31, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46, 92, 93, 94, 95) for easy identification of musical elements such as compositional keys and key signature (92).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventor: Jane S. MacCutcheon