Patents by Inventor Frank Lewandowski

Frank Lewandowski 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).

  • Variable margin pricing system
    Patent number: 5987425
    Abstract: A variable margin pricing system and method that generates retail prices based on customer price sensitivity. Products are grouped into pools from a first pool for most price sensitive products to a last pool for least price sensitive products. A logical relationship between margins and the customer price sensitivity is determined for the products. Based on this logical relationship and each product's pool assignment, the system and method calculate each product's margin and corresponding retail price. The method is also used to generate retail price labels having retail prices based on customer price sensitivity for the products to which the labels are to be affixed or located proximate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: United Hardware Distributing Company
    Inventors: David J. Hartman, Frank Lewandowski
  • Variable margin pricing system
    Patent number: 5822736
    Abstract: A variable margin pricing system and method that generates retail prices based on customer price sensitivity. Products are grouped into pools from a first pool for most price sensitive products to a last pool for least price sensitive products. A logical relationship between margins and the customer price sensitivity is determined for the products. Based on this logical relationship and each product's pool assignment, the system and method calculate each product's margin and corresponding retail price. The method is also used to generate retail price labels having retail prices based on customer price sensitivity for the products to which the labels are to be affixed or located proximate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: United Hardware Distributing Company
    Inventors: David J. Hartman, Frank Lewandowski