Patents by Inventor Yvonne Goetzmann

Yvonne Goetzmann 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: 20040181417
    Abstract: Systems and techniques to facilitate collaborative development of product definitions allow convenient and efficient identification and evaluation of product innovation ideas. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes receiving product innovation ideas via a network and storing the product innovation ideas. The stored product innovation ideas are displayed for review by a user, and the user may send an indication via the network of one or more selected product innovation ideas. Web-based collaboration among an evaluation team comprising a plurality of members provides a mechanism for evaluating the at least one user-selected product innovation idea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Gunther Piller, Yvonne Goetzmann, Rituparna Sengupta, Joerg Beringer, Michael Hatscher