Patrick E O'Brien

US Patent:

20120096777, Apr 26, 2012

Filed:

May 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/107118

Inventors:

Karl BACKUS - Emeryville CA, US
George Bradley - San Francisco CA, US
Tim Eliassen - Sunapee NH, US
Timothy W. Gudgel - Palo Alto CA, US
Scott David Hazard - Campbell CA, US
Holger Krueger - Schwabmuenchen, DE
Marcin Marchewka - London, GB
Michael Mulhern - Westford MA, US
Patrick O'Brien - West Nyack NY, US
James O'Callaghan - Winchester, GB
Yutang Zhang - Beijing City, CN

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

E04B 7/10
E04B 1/32
E04C 3/02
E04C 3/38
E04H 14/00

US Classification:

52 801, 52633, 521731, 52639, 52831

Abstract:

The present invention relates to support structures including truss assemblies and purlins, the truss assemblies including struts, wherein utilities such as pipes and cables can be contained within the purlins, and can pass through openings in the struts, to thereby be retained by the support structures so as to be hidden from view.

US Patent:

20120143641, Jun 7, 2012

Filed:

Dec 5, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/311385

Inventors:

Patrick J. O'Brien - San Ramon CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 711

Abstract:

The present invention relates to systems and methods for computing business value, thereby enable interested parties to accurately and efficiently determine the value of a given solution to a stakeholder. The system collates solution attributes. The solution may include any goods or services that a vendor, or other supplier, is offering to a purchaser. The solution attributes include the cost of the solution, the areas of a business that the solution impacts and degree of improvement that the solution provides to key performance indicators that are relevant to the areas impacted. The system also provides community aggregated values for the key performance indicators and other metrics for the impacted areas. The system collates stakeholder specific information, including revenue for the stakeholder and key objectives.

US Patent:

57548404, May 19, 1998

Filed:

Jan 23, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/590082

Inventors:

Kevin G. Rivette - Palo Alto CA
Irving S. Rappaport - Palo Alto CA
Patrick O'Brien - Half Moon Bay CA

Assignee:

SmartPatents, Inc. - Menlo Park CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

395602

Abstract:

A system and method for assisting in the preparation of a document, and for analyzing a document, such as a patent or patent application, are described herein. The system aids a user to verify that terms in a patent application are being used consistently. The system also facilitates editing of the patent application so as to achieve terminology consistency. The system operates by allowing a user to select a document containing a patent application. The user then selects the specification portion of the patent application, and also selects the claims portion of the patent application. The system indexes the specification portion and the claims portion to thereby generate a merged index table. The system analyzes the merged index table to identify terms in the claims portion that are not present in the specification portion, and then displays these terms (called claim terms). A user can then edit the patent application so as to properly describe these terms in the specification.

US Patent:

6014663, Jan 11, 2000

Filed:

Apr 10, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/058347

Inventors:

Kevin G. Rivette - Palo Alto CA
Irving S. Rappaport - Palo Alto CA
Patrick O'Brien - Half Moon Bay CA

Assignee:

Aurigin Systems, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707 4

Abstract:

A system and method for assisting in the preparation of a document, and for analyzing a document, such as a patent or patent application, are described herein. The system aids a user to verify that terms in a patent application are being used consistently. The system also facilitates editing of the patent application so as to achieve terminology consistency. The system operates by allowing a user to select a document containing a patent application. The user then selects the specification portion of the patent application, and also selects the claims portion of the patent application. The system indexes the specification portion and the claims portion to thereby generate a merged index table. The system analyzes the merged index table to identify terms in the claims portion that are not present in the specification portion, and then displays these terms (called claim terms). A user can then edit the patent application so as to properly describe these terms in the specification.