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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130521 | Visual Assembly Tool An assembly model is identified including a plurality of part models. Each part model is a predefined, selectable model corresponding to at least one part in a plurality of assembly parts. The assembly model is presented and a sequence of user selections identifying par... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20110307087 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RESCHEDULING MANUFACTURING RELEASES Techniques are presented for rescheduling manufacturing releases. A plurality of release information elements are identified based on a first run of a first advanced planning system. The release information elements comprise dates of planned manufacturing release and qu... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110288672 | Computer-implemented automated design, modeling and manufacturing system for a project A computer-implemented automated building mechanical systems design and modeling is described. The system provides a central source for all of the design and construction information for systems in a construction project in a coordinated two-dimensional and three-dimens... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110276168 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF HVAC CONTROL PANELS The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC e... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110251912 | Method for Producing Custom Composite Products A method of producing a product composed of a set of components generally consisting of providing certain raw materials suitable to produce such components; providing a CNC machine operable upon suitable programming to produce the components from the raw materials; prov... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110238537 | WORK IN PROCESS INVENTORY ANALYSIS TOOL A method of managing work-in-process (WIP) inventory includes receiving inputs, via a user interface of a computer processing device. The inputs correspond to variables defined for modules. Each of the modules includes a set of instructions for determining and quantifyi... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110213480 | PARAMETRIC PRODUCT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM A generic, integrated, parametric, automated product configuration system for parametric configuration of products such as offices on a building space plan. The system can produce bills of materials, costings and manufacturing drawings in real-time at the request of a u... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110178625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MATERIAL A system for processing material includes a computer connected to a saw. A pusher is used to convey material along a processing path. The computer is programmed to control optimal processing of material to satisfy a cut list.... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110167009 | CONTROLLED-VENDOR MANUFACTURING METHODS Embodiments of the invention are directed to manufacturing a medical device in a way that minimizes the possibility of defects. Because of the general increasing desire to eliminate lead from the environment, electronic producers are removing lead from their manufacturi... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110144789 | SYNCHORNIZATION OF RECIPE STRUCTURES AND BILL OF MATERIALS INCLUDING THE ADJUSTMENT TO MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS A system and method of synchronizing recipes and bills of materials (BOM). An approved recipe is parameterized in a planning interface. A BOM is synchronized with the parameterized recipe. The BOM is then displayed in a graphical user interface to allow a user to modify... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110144786 | MATERIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETOOLING AND PRODUCING A MANUFACTURING LINE A material management system and method for utilizing components from an existing manufacturing line to configure a predetermined manufacturing line is provided. The system and method includes an inventory, and an interface. The inventory is stored in a database and inc... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110144784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING AND USING INTELLIGENT PRODUCT MANUFACTURING INFORMATION STORED IN CAD MODEL OBJECTS A method and corresponding CAD system and computer-readable medium. The method includes receiving a part definition for a first part model, the part definition including intelligent part manufacturing information (IPMI) data that defines requirements for at least one se... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110125303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A REPRESENTATION OF A PRODUCT OR PROCESS A product lifecycle management system cannot interact with 3D models and data representing a product or process that lacks information for creating a three-dimensional model in a seamless and uniform manner. Such incompatible data includes legacy and conceptual data. Ac... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110112679 | PRODUCT-LINE BASED CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS A product-line managing module includes a code and bill of material (BOM) generator module and a configuration management module. The code and BOM generator module: receives data dictionary entries and interface information; generates a product BOM of at least one of a ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110098834 | PLANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING STOCK AND PRODUCTION PLAN IN BATCH PROCESS INDUSTRY The method provides a planning system where production plans and safety stocks are determined simultaneously, thus resulting in coupled target stock calculation and production plan. The closer the manufacturing process gets to the next production event, the lower the sa... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110098837 | Automated hierarchical configuration of custom products with complex geometries: method and apparatus The present invention is a method and apparatus for automatically generating an optimal configuration of a product having a complex design, using logic implemented on digital computer processing system. A general configuration for the product will be broken down into a ... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110077763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW LEVEL CODE CALCULATION A computer-implemented method for re-calculating low level codes for a plurality of bill of materials that receives a list of a plurality of materials connected by a first set of edges that represent a component subcomponent relationship and a second set of edges that r... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110054654 | Creating Genetic Devices Creating genetic devices for use in micro-organisms or other biological systems is described. In an embodiment a computer system receives at a program editor, input specifying a plurality of part designs, at least some of which comprise part properties expressed as logi... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110029345 | Managing Planning of Component Requirements Component planning for a product manufacturing enterprise having a central computer device and respective local manufacturing computer devices. A BOM for product types manufactured at the multiple manufacturing plants is maintained in the central computer device, defini... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029120 | Manufacturing Resource Planning using a Component Management System Order information is received for an order executable using a computer system to assemble a product from a plurality of components at a manufacturing location. A real-time record associated with the manufacturing location and being kept updated substantially in real tim... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100332350 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING A PRODUCT Systems and methods for building a product that has a plurality of components. A product builder receives the user request to build the product and communicates with one or more APIs that identify a category of the product, a plurality of components associated with the ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100280875 | VEHICLE SEAT COMPONENT SELECTION SYSTEM A vehicle seat component selection system includes a showroom having a vehicle seat component display and a touch screen terminal for input of customer data such as vehicle identification, vehicle assembly location and vehicle assembly volume. The terminal has access to... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100274612 | UTILIZING SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS FOR PRODUCT OPTIMIZATION An industrial control system is provided. The system includes a processor to analyze one or more sustainability factors and a scoring component to assign a weight to the sustainability factors. An optimizer automatically adjusts a production process in view of the susta... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100274377 | DISCRETE ENERGY ASSIGNMENTS FOR MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS An industrial control system is provided. The system includes tagged data that is collected from a plurality of sustainability factor-associated data sources across an industrial automation environment, where the tagged data is associated with a portion of a process tha... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100241471 | INTEGRATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING DIMENSIONED MODELING SYSTEM The disclosed inventions and embodiments relate to the propagation of information among workflow applications used by a design project such as a construction design project and the creation and use of dimensioned and animated models for such projects. The workflow appli... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100241477 | DIMENSIONED MODELING SYSTEM The disclosed inventions and embodiments relate to the propagation of information among workflow applications used by a design project such as a construction design project and the creation and use of dimensioned and animated models for such projects. The workflow appli... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100241263 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MULTI-OBJECTIVE CAPACITY PLANNING IN TFT-LCD PANEL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY A system and a method of multi-objective capacity planning in the TFT-LCD panel manufacturing industry are provided. The system includes a capacity planning module and a multi-objective planning module. In the present method, a capacity planning plan corresponding to di... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100217422 | DESIGN MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A design management device for managing data for the design of a final produced product has a unit design storage section for storing unit design data for a unit of assembled parts produced using a plurality of minimum unit parts together with corresponding part design ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100191360 | SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION USING A PLURALITY OF MODELING MATERIALS A system and methods for solid freeform fabrication of an object is disclosed. The system comprises a solid freeform fabrication apparatus having a plurality of dispensing heads, a building material supply apparatus configured to supply a plurality of building materials... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100145492 | Automated Custom Design Generation A method includes obtaining a custom specification that describes at least one option for the product, obtaining predefined configuration data that includes a commodity feature definition that describes a plurality of commodities associated with the product, a commodity... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100131091 | A METHOD AND RELATIVE DEVICE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL RECIPE INFORMATION TO AID IN DEFINING PROCESS FLOWS, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF MICRO-AND NANOTECHNOLOGY DEVICES IN CLEANROOM LABORATORIES There is described a method for managing information to actively support the definition of new process flows, in particular in the field of micro- and nanotechnology devices typically developed in cleanroom laboratories where one or more production batches can be execut... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100114355 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF MANUFACTURING INFORMATION To allow flexible determination of a manufacturing method, based upon the know-how accumulated at a manufacturing department, and to realize management of adopted manufacturing BOM data. A screen-displayed design BOM is edited by dividing one part into a plurality of su... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100106280 | Method and an apparatus for identifying variable and common module variants in a product family and managing resulting variants A method and an apparatus reduce the complexity of the design of product platforms, of the design of product lines and of variant management. A product is broken down into systems, which are subdivided into modules. In any given product, each module is realized by one c... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100076581 | Methods for designing a customized dental prosthesis using digital images of a patient Methods and systems for producing customized dental restoration and prosthesis, particularly denture prescriptions using a computer software program are provided. In this system, digital photographs of the patient to be fitted with the denture are taken, and the photogr... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100057238 | SUPPLY PLANNING SYSTEM, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND SYNTHETIC METHOD The present invention is directed to a technique to easily establish a supply plan which optimizes multiple evaluation indexes on the basis of the priorities of the multiple evaluation indexes. When the number of evaluation indexes stored in the evaluation index storage... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100036516 | FILTERING OF SMALL VALUES FOR THE VERIFICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS The invention relates to a method of simulating an electronic circuit, represented in the form of masks and connections, comprising:
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| 20100024318 | PREFAB SYSTEM, STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD FOR ALL-FUNCTIONAL FRAMED BUILDINGS A computerized prefab architect design system (CPAD) and method for the fabrication of frame-structured buildings with all functions, including an integrating device for integrating building design elements including customer acknowledged floor plans, plumbing layouts, ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090326697 | SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME A semiconductor manufacturing automation system for automatically manufacturing a plurality of semiconductor products by using a plurality of tools is provided. The system comprises a database, a receiver module, a data retriever and a data loading module. The database ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090308324 | DIABETES TESTS A method for diagnosing susceptibility to diabetes in a dog, the method comprising: (a) (i) detecting in a sample from the dog the presence or absence of a genotype in any one of the following immune system genes: CTLA-4, IGF-2, IL-1α, IL-4, IL-6, IL-1O, IL-12β, IFNγ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090312860 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CREATION AND DISPLAY OF ASSEMBLY DOCUMENTATION FOR CUSTOM HEARING AID MANUFACTURING A method for updating manufacturing documents with changes in bill of materials information includes generating and storing the manufacturing documents including wiring diagrams and the like in a standard format, such as a PDF document, but without including the bill of... | 12/17/2009 |
