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US Patent 6490569 - System for combining life cycle assessment with activity based costing using a relational database software application
US Patent Issued on December 3, 2002
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
June 18, 2019Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
June 18, 2019Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractA method for analysis of environmental load burdens and associated costs for products, processes and services, which takes into account both life cycle assessment and activity based costing. The steps entailed in the method include representing the at least one product, process or service as a process hierarchy having at least one elemental component having at least one baseline process associated therewith; associating at least one driver corresponding to the at least one elemental component, with at least one environmental load/substance category; calculating a first metric reflective of an environmental load of providing the at least one product, process or service; and calculating a second metric reflective of a cost of providing the at least one product, processor service.Other References
| InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 335957 filed on 06/18/1999US Classes:705/400, FOR COST/PRICE705/28, Inventory management705/30AccountingField of Search705/400, FOR COST/PRICE705/28, Inventory management705/10Market analysis, demand forecasting or surveyingExaminersPrimary: Trammell, James P.Assistant: Greene, Daniel L. Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References5311437, Materials selector toolIssued on: 05/10/1994 Inventor: Leal, et al.5652708, Method for assessing environmental impact of manufacture and disposal of product Issued on: 07/29/1997 Inventor: Miyamoto, et al.5799286, Automated activity-based management system Issued on: 08/25/1998 Inventor: Morgan, et al.5852560, Apparatus for assessing a load that industrial products apply to the environment Issued on: 12/22/1998 Inventor: Takeyama, et al.5878433, Environmental load assessing device having an object-oriented database which stores, as objects, parts of at least one product and/or processes in a life cycle of the same Issued on: 03/02/1999 Inventor: Miyamoto5970476, Method and apparatus for industrial data acquisition and product costing Issued on: 10/19/1999 Inventor: Fahey6308166Methodology for advanced quantity-oriented cost assignment using various information sources Issued on: 10/23/2001 Inventor: Breuker, et al. Foreign Patent References
International ClassesG06F 019/00G46F 017/60 H04L 027/00 |
