Patents by Inventor Wayne Thomas Wooton

Wayne Thomas Wooton 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).

  • Automated notification of part revisions for outside suppliers
    Patent number: 8027856
    Abstract: Revision of a part specification document, such as a drawing, a part specification, or a bill of materials, prompts execution of an automated notification process. A unique part number associated with the revised part specification document is employed in searching open purchasing documents for purchase orders or request for quotes containing the part number. Electronic mail addresses for outside supplier contacts are kept in the database and linked to the supplier master of the open purchasing documents containing the part number. An electronic mail notification of the part specification document revision is generated and transmitted to each electronic mail address identified as being associated with an open purchasing document containing the subject part number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Krueger, William R. Bratcher, Wayne Thomas Wooton
  • Automated notification of part revisions for outside suppliers
    Patent number: 6868387
    Abstract: Revision of a part specification document, such as a drawing, a part specification, or a bill of materials, prompts execution of an automated notification process. A unique part number associated with the revised part specification document is employed in searching open purchasing documents for purchase orders or request for quotes containing the part number. Electronic mail addresses for outside supplier contacts are kept in the database and linked to the supplier master of the open purchasing documents containing the part number. An electronic mail notification of the part specification document revision is generated and transmitted to each electronic mail address identified as being associated with an open purchasing document containing the subject part number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: ABB Vetco Gray, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Krueger, William R. Bratcher, Wayne Thomas Wooton