Patents by Inventor Rolf C. Smith, Jr.

Rolf C. Smith, Jr. 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 training facilitator and method for teaching group of people in the use of an expeditionary map to practice a process for generating ideas
    Patent number: 5662478
    Abstract: A map which illustrates the expeditionary process is used as a tool in creative thinking sessions. When groups of people are assembled to execute a creative problem solving session, one of the primary sources of discord is due to a lack of understanding by the members of the group of their current position in the flow of the process. The map reduces this discord by providing a tool which enables the members of the group to estimate their present position in the flow of the process, because the process of generating problem solving ideas is very analogous to the expeditionary process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Inventor: Rolf C. Smith, Jr.