Patents by Inventor Michael Colin Reed

Michael Colin Reed 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).

  • Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) method for maintaining complex technology
    Patent number: 7899770
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of multiple criteria decision making. In particular, a method of maintaining a complex article is described that includes the steps of; (a) taking a set of options for replacing each of a plurality of components of the complex article, (b) identifying an optimum solution set from the set of possible replacement options of step (a) that best satisfies a plurality of criteria and (c) implementing an optimum solution of the optimum solution set. The step of identifying an optimum solution set comprises the step of evaluating a plurality of potential solutions from the set of possible options defined in step (a) against the plurality of criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Qinetiq Limited
    Inventors: Julia Claire Thie, Michael Colin Reed, Michael Darren Chitty