Patent Application for Environmental Consideration in Negotiations Released by NEC Corporation

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A patent application filed on March 31, 2025, by Tomohito Ando, Yasser Farouk Othman Mohammad, and Satoshi Morinaga has been made available online. The inventors aim to provide a negotiation device, method, and program that consider environmental impacts in negotiations between orderers and contractors. This patent application focuses on calculating environmental loads and generating proposals based on these loads, ensuring that negotiations prioritize environmental issues.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patent application describes a negotiation device that calculates environmental loads regarding an order subject to a negotiation conducted by a first negotiator with a second negotiator.
  • The device generates a proposal regarding the order based on the environmental loads, aiming to conduct negotiations in consideration of the environment.
  • The negotiation device includes environmental load calculation means and proposal generation means, which calculate environmental loads and generate proposals, respectively.
  • The claims of the patent application include a negotiation device comprising at least one memory and at least one processor configured to execute instructions to calculate environmental loads and generate a proposal based on these loads.
  • The claims also include a negotiation method executed by a computer, comprising calculating environmental loads and generating a proposal based on these loads.
  • A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a computer, causing the computer to calculate environmental loads and generate a proposal based on these loads.
  • The inventors aim to provide a negotiation system that considers the environmental impact of negotiations, addressing the issue of environmental loads in the production and transportation processes of ordered products.
  • The patent application focuses on promoting sustainable practices in negotiations, ensuring that negotiators prioritize environmental issues.
  • The inventors' summary states that there is a demand for negotiators who prioritize environmental issues to conduct negotiations regarding orders in consideration of the impact on the environment.
  • The proposed negotiation device aims to conduct negotiations in consideration of the environment, accumulating environmental loads regarding an order subject to a negotiation and generating a proposal.
  • The claims of the patent application highlight the importance of environmental consideration in negotiations, emphasizing the need to prioritize environmental issues.

Statistics:

  • The patent application was filed on March 31, 2025, and made available online on October 16, 2025.
  • The patent application includes 10 claims, covering a negotiation device, method, and program that consider environmental impacts in negotiations.
  • The negotiation device is configured to execute instructions to calculate environmental loads and generate a proposal based on these loads.
  • The proposed system aims to reduce environmental loads and promote sustainable practices in negotiations.

Sources:

  • ANDO, Tomohito; MOHAMMAD, Yasser Farouk Othman; MORINAGA, Satoshi. Negotiation Device, Negotiation Method, And Storage Medium. U.S. Patent Application Number 20250322472, filed March 31, 2025 and posted October 16, 2025. Patent URL (for desktop use only): https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=(20250322472)&db=US-PGPUB&type=ids
  • NewsRx LLC. (2025, October 16). Patent Application for Environmental Consideration in Negotiations Released by NEC Corporation. NewsRx LLC.