Patents by Inventor Paul Richard Charles

Paul Richard Charles 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 rapidly projecting and forecasting pharmaceutical market information
    Patent number: 8666798
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a monthly cumulative prediction of pharmaceutical sales of a particular pharmaceutical, or group of pharmaceuticals, in a current month is disclosed. In particular, the technique of the present invention provides for extrapolating a sample of sales data for a given day across that entire day (114), extrapolating sales data for at least 14 prior days across an entire month (116); adjusting the monthly cumulative prediction by comparing past predicted values with past actual values (118); adjusting the monthly cumulative prediction to account for sales anomalies created by national or local holidays (120); and provides confidence intervals indicating the believed accuracy of the current monthly cumulative prediction (122).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: IMS Health Incorporated
    Inventor: Paul Richard Charles
  • Method and System for Rapidly Projecting and Forecasting Pharmaceutical Market Information
    Publication number: 20100121675
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a monthly cumulative prediction of pharmaceutical sales of a particular pharmaceutical, or group of pharmaceuticals, in a current month is disclosed. In particular, the technique of the present invention provides for extrapolating a sample of sales data for a given day across that entire day (114), extrapolating sales data for at least 14 prior days across an entire month (116); adjusting the monthly cumulative prediction by comparing past predicted values with past actual values (118); adjusting the monthly cumulative prediction to account for sales anomalies created by national or local holidays (120); and provides confidence intervals indicating the believed accuracy of the current monthly cumulative prediction (122).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Paul Richard Charles