Patents by Inventor Brian P. Delbarba

Brian P. Delbarba 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 of market basket bidding for surplus merchandise
    Publication number: 20030115127
    Abstract: A method of market basket bidding for surplus merchandise, including soliciting bids for a plurality of lots, each lot having a comparison value, receiving a plurality of bids on combinations of the lots from a plurality of buyers, at least one lot receiving bids from more than one buyer being an overlap portion, and awarding the overlap portion to a winning buyer, the winning buyer having submitted a bid on a combination that includes the overlap portion, wherein the bid submitted by the winning buyer has a parameter having a higher parameter value than other parameters calculated from bids from other buyers, the parameter being a percentage over a total comparison value for the combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: FreeMarkets, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian P. Delbarba