Patents by Inventor William Edward Bennett

William Edward Bennett 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).

  • System for electronically developing and processing a document
    Patent number: 6603487
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a customer, an automobile dealership, a participating financial institution, and a credit bureau may be electronically connected in a system that preferably uses the internet in order to develop and process a legal document comprising a credit application. The system thereby eliminates a paper-based process of credit approval, providing an efficient interaction between businesses and their customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Edward Bennett, Stephen Joy Boies, Lauretta Jones, Stephen Eric Levy, Douglas Charles Lovell, Neil Lustig, Paul Michael Matchen, Richard Dean Thompson