Patents by Inventor Larry A. Winter

Larry A. Winter 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 facilitating, coordinating and managing a competitive marketplace
    Patent number: 8032461
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating, coordinating and managing the operation of a competitive marketplace via the Internet. The system and method collect bids for market services from a plurality of customers, calculators a clearing piece for the market service and calculates settlement information based on the clearing piece calculated and the bids collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Larry A. Winter, Francis X. Shields, Robert L. Northcutt
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING, COORDINATING AND MANAGING A COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20090187501
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating, coordinating and managing the operation of a competitive marketplace via the Internet. The system and method collect bids for market services from a plurality of customers, calculators a clearing piece for the market service and calculates settlement information based on the clearing piece calculated and the bids collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Larry A. WINTER, Francis X. Shields, Robert L. Northcutt
  • Floor covering removal and impact tool
    Patent number: 7325625
    Abstract: An impact tool particularly useful for floor removal material includes an elongated removable rod having an upper end and a lower end. A handle is connected to the upper end of the rod, and an anvil is fixed to the lower end of the rod. A collar is mounted above the anvil with the rod passing therethrough. A replacement blade unit is disposed below the anvil and has an upper portion and a lower portion having a separating blade edge. A pair of guide rods extends between the collar and the upper portion of the blade unit and passes through the anvil on opposite sides of the rod. The guide rods enable sliding movement of the anvil therealong between the collar and the blade unit as the handle and rod are moved up and down. A tubular sheath is telescoped over a portion of the rod, the collar, the anvil and the upper portion of the blade unit, and is connected to the upper portion of the blade unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Fathom Leaks, LLC
    Inventor: Larry Winters
  • Method and system for facilitating, coordinating and managing a competitive marketplace
    Publication number: 20060265323
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating, coordinating and managing the operation of a competitive marketplace via the Internet. The system and method collect bids for market services from a plurality of customers, calculators a clearing piece for the market service and calculates settlement information based on the clearing piece calculated and the bids collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Larry Winter, Francis Shields, Robert Northcutt
  • Method and system for facilitating, coordinating and managing a competitive marketplace
    Patent number: 7085739
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating, coordinating and managing the operation of a competitive marketplace via the Internet. The system and method collect bids for market services from a plurality of customers, calculators a clearing piece for the market service and calculates settlement information based on the clearing piece calculated and the bids collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Accenture LLP
    Inventors: Larry A. Winter, Francis X. Shields, Robert L. Northcutt
  • Feeler rod for water mains
    Patent number: 6148929
    Abstract: A manually operated leak detection device used in locating fluid leaks in a ground surface includes an elongated rod and a handle transversely fixed thereto. The invention is improved by fixing an anvil on the rod; slidably mounting a first collar on the rod above the anvil; slidably mounting a second collar on the rod below the anvil; connecting and spacing the first and second collars by a pair of parallel guide rods passing through the anvil, each of the guide rods lying on one side of the rod; providing a protective sheath over the anvil, the first and second collars and the guide rods, the sheath being connected to the second collar; and slidably mounting a handle over the rod and a top portion of the first collar, the handle being secured to the sheath at the top of the first collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Inventor: Larry Winters