Patents by Inventor William Eugene Harvey

William Eugene Harvey 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 for estimating the effect of characteristics on product preference
    Publication number: 20030140012
    Abstract: A method for determining preference results from test subjects attributable to an attribute of a product, the method including calculating a base preference for the product, where the base preference is the ratio of the number of test subjects who preferred the product overall but not with respect to the attribute to the number of test subjects who did not prefer the product with respect to the attribute. The method also includes calculating a downside for the product by taking the difference between the base preference and the overall preference, where the overall preference is the ratio of the number of test subjects who preferred the product overall to the total number of test subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: William Eugene Harvey, Peggy Jo Kintner, Allen Anthony Warmus