Patents by Inventor Patricia Cooper

Patricia Cooper 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: 20070208637
    Abstract: A computer system and method for managing commissions, including: a storage device containing a database having commission data and a periodic extract of sales transactions stored therein; a user interface for inputting the commission data into the database and viewing the commission data stored in the database; and a processor for calculating commissions for sales representatives and agents associated with a business enterprise based on the commission data, and forwarding the calculated commissions to a payroll department within the business enterprise; wherein the processor executes: a first software module for retrieving billing, inventory, corporate, and affiliated sales information for the sales representatives, and for calculating the commissions based on a predetermined rules set; and a second software module for retrieving billing and affiliated sales information for the agents, and for calculating the commissions based on the terms of a contract between the agent and the business enterprise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Patricia Cooper, Thomas Smith, Derek Calhoun, Kevin Cunningham, Vickey Pharr, Diane Tucker, Amy Zwarico
  • Patent number: 5816819
    Abstract: A game involving the Zodiac and designed to test the players' knowledge regarding astrology. The game includes a game board with a Zodiac design, the game board also having landing spaces or boxes. The game also includes dice and one or more decks of cards. Both the Zodiac design and landing spaces on the game board provide some information about the Zodiac from which questions, located on the cards, may be answered. Dice are thrown and the players move game pieces along the boxes of the game board. Landing in a box may require a player to read information and a question from a card drawn from the deck of cards. The other players are then given the opportunity to answer such questions and receive award tokens in response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventor: Patricia Cooper Rockburn
  • Patent number: 5122941
    Abstract: An accessory device for use in connection with a video terminal comprises an attachment mechanism for mounting a display board on either or both sides of a video terminal. The display boards are pivotable about both horizontal and vertical axes. The accessory includes a lighting fixture for illuminating the surface of each display board and a circuit for automatically adjusting the intensity of light produced by each ligthing fixture to maintain a constant predetermined level of illumination on the surface of each display board. The video accessory increases the vertical work surface available for use by a video terminal operator and results in a work station area which is more comfortable for the video operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Biomechanics Corporation of America
    Inventors: Clifford Gross, Patricia Cooper
  • Patent number: 5035392
    Abstract: An accessory device for use in connection with a video terminal comprises an attachment mechanism for mounting a display board on either or both isdes of a video terminal. The display boards are pivotable about both horizontal and vertical axes. The accessory includes a lighting fixture for illuminating the surface of each display board and a circuit for automatically adjusting the intensity of light produced by each lighting fixture to maintain a constant predetermined level of illumination on the surface of each display board. The video accessory increases the vertical work surface available for use by a video terminal operator and results in a work station area which is more comfortable for the video operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Biomechanics Corporation of America
    Inventors: Clifford Gross, Patricia Cooper
  • Patent number: D1023787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BIG HEART PET, INC.
    Inventors: Patricia Ann Waynick, Wang Lee, Julius Austria Coronel, Benjamin Cooper Priess, Thomas Paul Nichols