Patents by Inventor Herbert Prähofer

Herbert Prähofer 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).

  • Method and system for optimizing reuse of artifacts based on assessment and classification
    Patent number: 8005783
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method and system for automatizing optimization of reuse of artifacts in industrial engineering, wherein the reuse of artifacts is optimized by assessing of artifacts based on classifying of artifacts by assessing of a top-down artifact and assessing of a bottom-up artifact. Assessing of a bottom-up artifact includes classifying of the bottom-up artifact based on a classification scheme for bottom-up artifacts using two dimensions for classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhold Plösch, Simone Prummer, Herbert Prähofer, Fritz Stallinger, Jan Vollmar