Patents Assigned to Horticultural Asset Management, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20070192120
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for determining the current replacement value of plants, trees, shrubs, and other landscape architectural objects by identifying the object; uploading information about the object and its location to a relational database which is used to construct average current replacement values; using the database to compare identified landscape architectural objects of a specific type and at a specific size against known wholesale pricing information from nurseries across the country to select valid nursery prices; averaging all valid prices for landscape architectural objects at a single nursery to derive a nursery average; extrapolating and interpolating price points at sizes not being sold by the nursery to create a complete size/price curve for a nursery; averaging that nursery curve with all other valid nursery prices to construct a national, and regional, average; and applying a market-based multiplier against the derived average wholesale prices to accommodate for the professional
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Horticultural Asset Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Cowles, Margaret Boccieri, Wendy Lapish, Natalie Fussell, Mark Wood, C. Hendrickson