Patents by Inventor Tim Roseberry

Tim Roseberry 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: 20040167789
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for determining cost reduction in a procurement transaction, including the steps of: (a) providing a baseline reference data set including at least one reference data field; (b) providing a negotiated procurement transaction data set including at least one negotiated procurement transaction data field; (c) providing an actual procurement transaction data set including at least one actual procurement transaction data field; (d) determining a cost reduction value for the procurement transaction based upon at least one baseline reference data field, at least one negotiated procurement transaction data field and at least one actual procurement transaction data field; and (e) providing the results of the determination performed in step (d). Also disclosed are various apparatus and systems capable of performing this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Margaret C. Roberts, Mary E. Green, Tim Roseberry, Ioan Crisan, Timothy M. McCollim, Robert A. Rudzki