Patents by Inventor Melinda K. Lockhart

Melinda K. Lockhart 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).

  • Publication number: 20040204980
    Abstract: A method includes: obtaining answers to a plurality of predetermined questions from at least one person, the questions relating to a situation in which an enterprise provides a client with offerings that include at least one of a product and a service; and utilizing the answers to at least some of the questions to prepare a report, including identifying within the report areas of past innovation within the enterprise with respect to the offerings, and areas currently appropriate for innovation within the enterprise with respect to the offerings. The method can be implemented in the form of a computer program stored on a computer-readable medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel I. Swedberg, Joseph P. Coyle, Charnell T. Havens, David R. Townsend, Anthony D. Sullivan, Melinda K. Lockhart