Patents by Inventor Noel K. Hancock

Noel K. Hancock 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: 20030069781
    Abstract: Systems and methods of benchmarking product samples that are provided to a purchasing entity by multiple independent suppliers are described. This benchmarking scheme avoids the need for the purchasing entity to use its own testing equipment to perform evaluation testing of the product samples. At the same time, suppliers may obtain information regarding the performance of their products relative to the performance of products from competing suppliers, oftentimes well in advance of the time at which the products are released. In one aspect, multiple sets of performance parameter values corresponding to results of testing each of the product samples at test facilities of each of the suppliers are collected. An evaluation report is generated based upon the multiple sets of performance parameter values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Noel K. Hancock, Andre M. E. Nel, Jean-Christophe Pautrat