Patents by Inventor Rick Dotterer

Rick Dotterer 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).

  • Apparatus and method to estimate the value of a work process and determine gaps in current and desired states
    Patent number: 7565305
    Abstract: A method involves identifying work elements of a work process which may be enhanced to provide a biggest impact on enhancing an overall value of the work process. The method involves identifying a plurality of work elements comprising a work process, interviewing one or more knowledgeable interviewees and determining existing states and enhanced proposed states of the plurality of work elements, visually displaying the existing and enhanced proposed states of the work elements, and estimating and visually displaying a change in value of the work process due to an enhancement of the work elements from the existing states to the enhanced proposed states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corp.
    Inventors: David N. Shipley, Paul S. Lundy, David W. Tuk, Charles F. Guthrie, Rick A. Dotterer, Michael Carney
  • Apparatus and method to estimate the value of a work process and determine gaps in current and desired states
    Publication number: 20070078703
    Abstract: A method involves identifying work elements of a work process which may be enhanced to provide a biggest impact on enhancing an overall value of the work process. The method involves identifying a plurality of work elements comprising a work process, interviewing one or more knowledgeable interviewees and determining existing states and enhanced proposed states of the plurality of work elements, visually displaying the existing and enhanced proposed states of the work elements, and estimating and visually displaying a change in value of the work process due to an enhancement of the work elements from the existing states to the enhanced proposed states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicants: Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: David Shipley, Paul Lundy, David Tuk, Charles Guthrie, Rick Dotterer, Michael Carney