Patents by Inventor Deana Smythe

Deana Smythe 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: 20010032156
    Abstract: The invention is a system and method for evaluating written work-product which includes several categories in which work-product is rated using a unique set of Levels and categories. An exemplary embodiment of the rating scheme includes a rating scale of integers from 1 to 5, inclusive, in which rating below 3 is considered unacceptable. After a particular piece of work-product is reviewed, another piece of work-product produced by the same person may also be reviewed. Typically, each review is performed by two reviewers. In the event that two reviewers disagree as to the rating of a particular work-product item, a third reviewer, or arbitrator, is used to rate the work-product again to determine a rating for the product. Each creator of work-product may have two or more items of their work-product reviewed to determine the overall quality of the creator's work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Dan Candura, Dawn Gunderson, Deana Smythe, Edward R. Stober, Jake Chaya, Gregory J. Wright, Gayle J. Appelbaum, David A. Carles, Jana Etheridge, Daniel D. Hastings, Debra Osweiler, Linne M. Jensen, Roger X. Erny, Jeffrey S. Ramsey