Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Schanz

Stephen J. Schanz 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).

  • Systems, methods and computer program products for identifying unique and common legal requirements for a regulated activity among multiple legal jurisdictions
    Patent number: 6064968
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products facilitate user compliance with laws that pertain to a regulated activity in each of a plurality of legal jurisdictions. A user selects, via a user interface in communication with a data processing system, a component that relates to an aspect of the regulated activity. A user also selects, via a user interface in communication with the data processing system, first and second legal jurisdictions from the plurality of legal jurisdictions. In response to the user selections, elements of the selected component that are unique and common to the first and second legal jurisdictions are displayed. Each displayed element is a legal requirement associated with the regulated activity as defined by laws of a respective legal jurisdiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventor: Stephen J. Schanz