Patents by Inventor Michael B. Starmer

Michael B. Starmer 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 returning goods and tracking reasons for return of goods
    Publication number: 20030110088
    Abstract: A computerized method for authorizing return of goods and comparing returns of similar goods, the method comprising providing information identifying a good being returned, providing information identifying a condition of and a reason for a good being returned, providing an interface device configured for a customer to enter the information identifying a good being returned and the information identifying a condition of and a reason for a good being returned, entering the information identifying a good being returned and the information identifying a condition of and a reason for a good being returned into the interface device with the interface device, providing a processor remote from the interface device, transmitting the information identifying a good being returned and the information identifying a condition of and a reason for a good being returned from the interface device to the processor over an electronic network system, storing the information identifying a good being returned and the information i
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Michael B. Starmer, Jon Timmons