Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-12
2007-06-12
Dixon, Thomas A. (Department: 3628)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Reexamination Certificate
active
09571826
ABSTRACT:
An embodiment of a method of evaluating costs and/or benefits of possible configurations of a manufactured product (e.g., an integrated circuit, an electronic system, etc.) includes establishing an upgrade cost and a redesign cost for each characteristic within a set of characteristics associated with the product configuration. The upgrade cost is the cost to upgrade the characteristic in a manner commensurate with other upgraded characteristics, while the redesign cost is the cost to redesign the product to accommodate the characteristic if it is not upgraded commensurately. A predicted total cost and a predicted benefit for a configuration may also be computed. In addition, the total cost for the corresponding configuration may be subtracted from such a benefit to determine a net benefit for the configuration. The method may be implemented using a computer-based system including upgrade cost data and redesign cost data.
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Daffer Kevin L.
Daffer McDaniel LLP
Dixon Thomas A.
Lettang Mollie E.
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