Patents by Inventor Mark D. KOZEL

Mark D. KOZEL 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: 8712826
    Abstract: A method of evaluating the effectiveness of an organization. The method includes participants generating responses to a set of organizational statements as part of a one-day event. The participants are able to interact with each other during various phases of the one-day event in order to generate responses. The responses are entered into a software program running on a computer-based platform, and the software program operates on the responses to generate output results (evaluation results . . . e.g., scores associated with various organizational categories) as part of the one-day event. The results may be used to measure and benchmark effectiveness of the organization and to formulate suggestions and actions to be taken by the organization to improve the effectiveness of the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Parkland Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence V. Goddard, Mark D. Kozel, Daniel B. Kiehl, David Cesar, Jennifer D. Rote, Rita Sherwood Dawson
  • Publication number: 20130339103
    Abstract: A method of evaluating the effectiveness of an organization. The method includes participants generating responses to a set of organizational statements as part of a one-day event. The participants are able to interact with each other during various phases of the one-day event in order to generate responses. The responses are entered into a software program running on a computer-based platform, and the software program operates on the responses to generate output results (evaluation results . . . e.g., scores associated with various organizational categories) as part of the one-day event. The results may be used to measure and benchmark effectiveness of the organization and to formulate suggestions and actions to be taken by the organization to improve the effectiveness of the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: The Parkland Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence V. GODDARD, Mark D. KOZEL, Daniel B. KIEHL, David CESAR, Jennifer D. ROTE, Rita Sherwood DAWSON
  • Patent number: 8538796
    Abstract: A method of evaluating the effectiveness of an organization. The method includes participants generating responses to a set of organizational statements as part of a one-day event. The participants are able to interact with each other during various phases of the one-day event in order to generate responses. The responses are entered into a software program running on a computer-based platform, and the software program operates on the responses to generate output results (evaluation results . . . e.g., scores associated with various organizational categories) as part of the one-day event. The results may be used to measure and benchmark effectiveness of the organization and to formulate suggestions and actions to be taken by the organization to improve the effectiveness of the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Parkland Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence V. Goddard, Mark D. Kozel, Daniel B. Kiehl, David Cesar, Jennifer D. Rote, Rita Sherwood Dawson
  • Publication number: 20070250360
    Abstract: A method of evaluating the effectiveness of an organization. The method includes participants generating responses to a set of organizational statements as part of a one-day event. The participants are able to interact with each other during various phases of the one-day event in order to generate responses. The responses are entered into a software program running on a computer-based platform, and the software program operates on the responses to generate output results (evaluation results . . . e.g., scores associated with various organizational categories) as part of the one-day event. The results may be used to measure and benchmark effectiveness of the organization and to formulate suggestions and actions to be taken by the organization to improve the effectiveness of the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: THE PARKLAND GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Laurence V. GODDARD, Mark D. KOZEL, Daniel B. KIEHL, David CESAR, Jennifer D. ROTE, Rita Sherwood DAWSON