Patents by Inventor Richard J. Spady

Richard J. Spady 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 presenting opinions and measuring "social (intangible) assets"
    Publication number: 20030177061
    Abstract: There is presented a method for formulating yes/no answers and the Likert value scale of five responses, viz., strongly disagrees, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree, plus abstain, and object to two percentage figures in juxtaposition to each other. One figure is the Polarization Rating. The other figure is the Consensus Rating. The two figures in juxtaposition to each other form the Polarization-Consensus Rating or the Converted Polarization-Consensus Rating. These new social indicators can represent considerable complex information in a brief format. A leader can use the Polarization-Consensus Rating and Converted Polarization-Consensus Rating in the mathematical analysis of data from large numbers of people without “information overload”. This forms the basis for a “symbolic dialogue” between a “Chief of State”, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Richard J. Spady
  • Instrument casing for graphic recorder or the like
    Patent number: D284455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
    Inventors: William J. Cooper, Richard J. Spady