Patents by Inventor Duane A. Schmidt

Duane A. Schmidt 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).

  • Patent number: 9367877
    Abstract: A communication device may receive an employee skill certification badge request for: (i) a first employee of an insurance enterprise, and (ii) a first employee skill category of a plurality of potential categories. Information about the received may be stored, and a badge server may gather and store data (e.g., quantitative and/or qualitative data) in an electronic evidence file based the first employee's interactions with customers during normal performance of his or her employment. A first manager of the first employee may be determined, and the badge server may receive from the first manager an indication that the electronic evidence file meets a threshold criteria. Responsive to the received indication, the badge server may associate the first employee with the first employee skill certification badge and transmit data to cause display of an icon associated with the first employee skill certification badge on other remote devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Jason K. Gallaway, Willis Duane Schmidt, Jr., Jodi Greenspan Kirsch, Richard A. Bowman, Senthil Theagarajan Nathan, Mark Richard Wagner, Bradley Adam Lynch
  • Publication number: 20110071856
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, for each of a plurality of insurance claims, an insurance claim file is established and associated with: (i) a litigation matter, (ii) a remote legal representative, and (iii) a remote claim adjuster. Hours associated with the remote legal representative may be tracked and allocated to insurance claim files as appropriate. Legal events associated with the litigation matter may also be tracked, wherein at least some of the legal events are associated with a stored document accessible to the legal representative and not accessible to the claim adjuster. A first legal event associated with a first insurance claim file may be evaluated based on a pre-determined rule, and, responsive to the evaluation, an alert may be transmitted to the remote claim adjuster associated with the first insurance claim file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Mary B. Nasenbenny, Willis Duane Schmidt, JR., Larry Allen Wallace, JR.
  • Patent number: 7296695
    Abstract: A space-efficient workroom organization system comprising a slotwall panel and/or slot track storage system with at least one repositionable slotwall or slot track mounted storage cabinet, and a workbench system comprising a workbench having a work surface and defining a storage recess beneath the work surface, with at least one mobile storage cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Michael Perkins, Thomas Wesley Arent, Todd Christopher Starr, Tyree Edward Sampson, Kenneth J. Rasche, Steven Edward Tolliver, Brent A. Junge, Duane A. Schmidt, Brian J. Stewart, Mark Allen Stout, Wyatt A. Cline, James W. Kendall
  • Patent number: D563137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D563699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D579697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D587503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D595983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D605446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D614898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D623881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D632518
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D635378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D637849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D664379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D677080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D677081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D692703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D692704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman
  • Patent number: D703982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman