Thomas C Barth

US Patent:

D512089, Nov 29, 2005

Filed:

Dec 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/195754

Inventors:

Thomas G. Barth - Succasunna NJ, US

International Classification:

1703

US Classification:

D17 19, D17 14

US Patent:

20060026050, Feb 2, 2006

Filed:

Jul 28, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/902189

Inventors:

Thomas Barth - Clinton NJ, US
James Niemann - Addison TX, US
Leann Case - McKinney TX, US
Michael Fischer - Bloomfield Hills MI, US
Pankaj Garg - Lombard IL, US
Larry Miller - Davisburg MI, US
Bhupendra Patel - Troy MI, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/46

US Classification:

705008000

Abstract:

A method, system, and computer program product for providing a service offering to an IT services provider client and managing the capabilities of the IT services provider is provided. In one embodiment a market is organized into market framework components. The resources of the IT services provider are organized into capability blocks each of which is associated with a respective market framework component. When a customer problem is received or determined, the customer problem is separated into customer market framework components. Capability block types that are associated with the customer market framework components are then determined and instances of available capability blocks types associated with the customer market framework components are grouped together to form a service offering which satisfies the customer problem.

US Patent:

42211514, Sep 9, 1980

Filed:

Jul 27, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/061364

Inventors:

Thomas G. Barth - Port Murray NJ

International Classification:

G10D 306

US Classification:

84314R

Abstract:

The present invention discloses a stringed musical instrument. The stringed musical instrument comprises a body having a string-slider nut assembly; a neck having a rectangular slot; a T-bar assembly having a plurality of holes fastened securely in the rectangular slot of the neck of the instrument; a finger board consisting of a plurality of rectangular pieces forming a plurality of lengthwise spaced recesses when the rectangular pieces are placed adjacent to each other, wherein the fingerboard is placed upon the T-bar assembly, and tubular barrel frets are secured firmly in the lengthwise space recesses formed in the fingerboard with barrel fret screws. The string-slider nut assembly includes a number of pulleys, through which a given string passes so that the string can be stretched to produce a high pitch and a "sliding" musical tone, as may be desired.