Patents by Inventor Colin Michael Reed

Colin Michael Reed 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: 20080168015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of multiple criteria decision making. In particular, a method of maintaining a complex article is described that includes the steps of; (a) taking a set of options for replacing each of a plurality of components of the complex article, (b) identifying an optimum solution set from the set of possible replacement options of step (a) that best satisfies a plurality of criteria and (c) implementing an optimum solution of the optimum solution set. The step of identifying an optimum solution set comprises the step of evaluating a plurality of potential solutions from the set of possible options defined in step (a) against the plurality of criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Claire Julia Thie, Colin Michael Reed, Darren Michael Chitty