Patents by Inventor Martin Loitz

Martin Loitz 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 tool management
    Publication number: 20060111925
    Abstract: The method and system tool management. Tools are classified as either material tools or equipment tools. Tools are reserved via generation of a use reservation indicating when a user will obtain and use the tool and a return reservation indicating when a user will return the tool. The present invention provides that before a tool is reserved, an availability check is performed in order to ensure that the tool is available for use at a certain period of time. A user interface for reserving tools is provided by the method and system of the present invention. Additionally, the present invention provides for recording the time when tools are issued for used and the time when tools are returned after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Franz Hollich, Harald Kluge, Martin Loitz