Patents by Inventor Steven D. Joder

Steven D. Joder 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, apparatus, and system for quality performance evaluation of a supplier base
    Publication number: 20040205287
    Abstract: Information regarding the quality of performance of a plurality of suppliers that each supply goods to a vendor is generated by initially gathering data regarding the quality of performance of the plurality of suppliers in a plurality of different computer databases, some of all of which may be incompatible. The gathered data from the plurality of different computer databases is stored in a central controller. Then, the stored data in the central controller converted into a compatible format and stored in a single database. From that single database, information regarding the quality of performance of a plurality of suppliers can be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Steven D. Joder, David W. Cox, Anthony J. Baugh