Patents by Inventor Cerita Diane Bethea

Cerita Diane Bethea 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).

  • Use of physical and virtual composite prototypes to reduce product development cycle time
    Publication number: 20070288300
    Abstract: A method for rapidly producing a prototype includes the steps of conducting an interview of a participant in a product development study; presenting an item for review; providing physical sets of alternatives for components of the item; eliciting preference values for the alternatives from the participant; inputting the preference values into a computer software program; producing a virtual ideal item based on the preference values using the computer software program; and presenting the virtual ideal item to the participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas William VanDenBogart, Adrienne Rae Loyd, Steven Anthony Moore, Matthew Karl Gruttadauria, Michael Joseph Nelson, Cerita Diane Bethea