Patents by Inventor Kathy Howell

Kathy Howell 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).

  • Computer system for managing orders for and deliveries of goods
    Patent number: 8341091
    Abstract: A computer system may manage orders for goods from a plurality of purchasers. The computer system may receive the orders, calculate an approximate volume that the goods which are the subject of each order would collectively occupy during shipment, and compare each calculated approximate volume to a pre-determine maximum allowed volume that the purchaser of the order is permitted. The computer system may accept each order whose approximate volume does not exceed the maximum allowed volume for the purchaser of the order, or reject each order whose approximate volume exceeds this maximum allowed volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruce Smith, Chuck Hamilton, Stephen D. Osborne, Tony E. Gomes, Kathy Howell, Steven M. Bailey, Anthony Rivalsky, Don Edwards, Eric Wehrley, Al Ortlepp, Nina Bryson, Mark Seraydarian, Sammy Tom, Jim Dromey, Karen Moore, Kathy Kamiya, Sandy Bustillos, Sue Trainoff, Karen Patterson, Yukio Sato, Renee Neighbours, Suzanne Li, Adrian Reilly, Daniel Tan, Ping Kao, Cathy Brady, Grace Tachibana, Homs Lee, Amit Bagade, Nagesh Tavarageri, Simin Mofidi
  • Computer system for managing orders for and deliveries of goods
    Publication number: 20090254398
    Abstract: A computer system may manage orders for goods from a plurality of purchasers. The computer system may receive the orders, calculate an approximate volume that the goods which are the subject of each order would collectively occupy during shipment, and compare each calculated approximate volume to a pre-determine maximum allowed volume that the purchaser of the order is permitted. The computer system may accept each order whose approximate volume does not exceed the maximum allowed volume for the purchaser of the order, or reject each order whose approximate volume exceeds this maximum allowed volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Bruce Smith, Chuck Hamilton, Stephen D. Osborne, Tony E. Gomes, Kathy Howell, Steven M. Bailey, Anthony Rivalsky, Don Edwards, Eric Wehrley, Al Ortlepp, Nina Bryson, Mark Seraydarian, Sammy Tom, Jim Dromey, Karen Moore, Kathy Kamiya, Sandy Bustillos, Sue Trainoff, Karen Patterson, Yukio Sato, Renee Neighbours, Suzanne Li, Adrian Reilly, Daniel Tan, Ping Kao, Cathy Brady, Grace Tachibana, Homs Lee, Amit Bagade, Nagesh Tavarageri, Simin Mofidi