Patents by Inventor Neil M. Clark

Neil M. Clark 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).

  • Patent number: 5164897
    Abstract: An automated method for selecting personnel which includes the step of selecting a first set of employees having qualifications matching a first job criteria from a first data file where the first data file includes a first plurality of records and each record includes a first job selection criteria, such as job titles, and a corresponding employee code. A second step comprises selecting a second plurality of employees having qualifications matching a second job criteria from a second data file which includes a second plurality of records wherein each record includes a second job selection criteria, such as industrial experience, and a corresponding employee code. In the preferred embodiment, a third selection is made from yet a third data file including records having a third job selection criteria, such as special skills, with a corresponding employee code. This results in three groups of selected records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Techpower, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil M. Clark, Gerald C. Crow, Kent Mueller, Michael Roloff, Scott Henkel, Allan W. Lehtinen
  • Patent number: 3947978
    Abstract: An answer card and an educational device are disclosed wherein a flexible card has answer selection points on a first side and at least one electrically conductive ink spot on the second side opposite a selection point. The electrically conductive ink spot acts as a switch when the selection point opposite the spot is pressed causing the electrically conductive ink to bridge an open-circuited educational device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Assignee: Techpower, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil M. Clark, Douglas A. Messmer