Patents by Inventor Silvia C. King

Silvia C. King 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).

  • Publication number: 20100185564
    Abstract: A method of measuring consumer emotions associated with a product comprises producing a list of emotional terms and validating emotional terms from the list that consumers use with the product. The method also includes developing a questionnaire, using the validated emotional terms, that asks the consumers to describe their feelings associated with the product and analyzing data from the completed questionnaire. The questionnaire includes a plurality of validated emotional terms associated with the product and a scale next to each of the validated emotional terms for the consumer to indicate the applicability of the emotional terms associated with the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Silvia C. King, Herbert L. Meiselman