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Process for facilitating the conception of inventions in a directed manner

  • US 20010034629A1
  • Filed: 02/12/2001
  • Published: 10/25/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of facilitating the conception of one or more inventions in target market and/or technology areas by a group of one or more participants, the method comprising:

  • (a) a set of one or more steps accomplished by a facilitator, comprising one or more steps selected from the group consisting of;

    (i) communicating guidelines for creative thinking to the participants wherein the guidelines for creative thinking comprises creativity tools; and

    (ii) facilitating any one or more of steps (b)(i) to (b)(vi); and

    (b) a set of one or more steps accomplished by the participant(s), the set of steps comprising one or more steps are selected from the group consisting of;

    (i) conceiving of and establishing a mess statement;

    (ii) conceiving of facts, data, and/or relevant attributes relevant to the mess statement;

    (iii) conceiving of problem statements related to the mess statement, wherein the problem statements are identified using creativity tools and/or creative stimuli comprising one or more of the facts, data, and/or relevant attributes identified in step (ii) as creative stimuli;

    (iv) conceiving of elements of solutions to the problem statements, wherein the elements are conceived using creative stimuli comprising stimuli selected from the group consisting of;

    (1) one or more of the problem statements conceived in step (b)(iii); and

    (2) one or more of the facts, data, and attributes of step (b)(ii) as creative stimuli;

    (v) conceiving of inventions using one or more creative stimuli comprising stimuli selected from the group consisting of;

    (1) one or more of the creativity tools communicated in step (a);

    (2) one or more of the problem statements conceived in step (iii); and

    (3) one or more of the elements conceived in step (iv); and

    (vi) expanding one or more of the inventions conceived in step (v).

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