Patents by Inventor Melanie Ann Novak

Melanie Ann Novak 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 providing a year-round tax monitor
    Patent number: 7769647
    Abstract: A process for providing a year-round tax monitor whereby baseline tax data and current year-to-date tax data for a user is obtained. Data representing current tax year directives made by the user, and/or data representing tax related choices made by the user in the current tax year to date, and/or data representing tax related events associated with the user in the current tax year to date is also obtained. Using the baseline tax data, and/or current year-to-date tax data, and/or the data representing current tax year directives made by the user, and/or the data representing tax related choices made by the user in the current tax year, and/or the data representing tax related events associated with the user for the current tax year, an estimate and/or projection of tax liability for the current tax year is calculated and a projected tax refund that will be owed to, or a tax liability that will owed by, the user for the current tax year is estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: R. Jason Char, Melanie Ann Novak, John R. Caldwell, Geoffrey C. Howard, William Nolte