Patents by Inventor Nat Workman

Nat Workman 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).

  • Systems and methods of supporting a product life cycle management (PLM) implementation
    Patent number: 9646268
    Abstract: The systems and methods of the present application include a parts planning application (PPA) configured such that a bill of material (BOM) structure is automatically managed from a product data management (PDM) application, while supporting multiple product assemblies within a same project space and operating from a common code base. The PPA of the present application includes cross-functional attribute participation and is editable by all users simultaneously worldwide, thus eliminating the need for a dedicated project data administrator. The PPA of the present application enables daily or weekly management reviews, and attributes security managed by the functional group. The PPA of the present application fosters reduced data entry due to automated population of design structure and attributes from an existing PDM application and/or an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Nat Workman, Carl Wendtland, Saurabh Mishra