Granville T. Woods was an American Inventor born Columbus, Ohio to Martha Brown and Cyrus Woods, he studied Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in College from 1876-1878. was considered an articulate speaker . Woods received patents for the Multiplex Telegraph and reorganized his Cincinati company as the Woods Electric Company.
Granville was also credited with inventing the Third rail to power Electric Cable cars/Trollies.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods) This Article in Wiki had some valuable truths but also some short comings in that it
indicated that Thomas Edison invented the third rail and George Westinghouse the air break, but factual decent
is that Thomas Edison challenged Granville in court but lost the Infringement suit which gave Granville credit
for it.
Well today you have Patent Trolls , Individuals and Companies buying patents only to anticipate filing
patent Infringement suit for capitalization and not the commercial value of the invention itself. Thinking
in a Project Engineering or Management role as using questionnaires to define risk of the New Product
would include Outlining sections including:
Part 1: Project and Product Engineering
A) Requirements with specification
B) Design evaluation
C) Test evaluate, review specification-confirm
D) Test, Integrate and Modify if necessary
E) Categorize as to Engineering Discipline
Part 2: Environmental Development For:
A) Develop Process
B) Develop Product or System
C) Manage work Environment(Individually or Team)
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