Patents by Inventor Michael Kalmes

Michael Kalmes 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 for collecting and storing data regarding terms and conditions of contractual agreements
    Patent number: 6934715
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for collecting and storing data in a database of a computer system regarding a contractual agreement comprising: establishing a plurality of data fields in said database corresponding to a selected contract term or contract condition; identifying a clause in the contractual agreement corresponding to the selected contract term or contract condition; comparing the identified clause to a standard contract clause corresponding to the selected contract term or contract condition; if the identified clause is substantively the same as the standard contract clause, then storing in one of said data fields data indicating that the contractual agreement includes the standard contract clause for the selected contract term or contract condition, and if the identified clause differs substantively from the standard contract clause, collecting additional data regarding the identified non-standard clause and storing the additional data in appropriate fields of said plurality of data fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Kalmes, Jeffrey Whittingham, Douglas Carl Bacon, Robert Michael VanBrackle
  • Method for collecting and storing data regarding terms and conditions of contractual agreements
    Publication number: 20040019578
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for collecting and storing data in a database of a computer system regarding a contractual agreement comprising: establishing a plurality of data fields in said database corresponding to a selected contract term or contract condition; identifying a clause in the contractual agreement corresponding to the selected contract term or contract condition; comparing the identified clause to a standard contract clause corresponding to the selected contract term or contract condition; if the identified clause is substantively the same as the standard contract clause, then storing in one of said data fields data indicating that the contractual agreement includes the standard contract clause for the selected contract term or contract condition, and if the identified clause differs substantively from the standard contract clause, collecting additional data regarding the identified non-standard clause and storing the additional data in appropriate fields of said plurality of data fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Kalmes, Jeffrey Whittingham, Douglas Carl Bacon, Robert Michael VanBrackle