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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185224 | Method for manufacturing dental implant components A method for making a rapid prototype of a patient's mouth to be used in the design and fabrication of a dental prosthesis. The method takes an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175732 | Manufacturing system and method One aspect related to design of systems and methods for product manufacturing is portability, i.e., allowing for manufacture at multiple locations independent of the skill set of the contract manufacturer. Another aspect includes making data needed and generated dur... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8103372 | System and method for installing a device A technique is provided for installing a device in which a part of the device and the location of the part are automatically determined. An installer is notified of the part and its location for installation. Routines implementing some or all of the technique may be... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8055365 | Method for configuring gas supply for electronics fabrication facilities A system for supplying a reagent to multiple tools in an electronics fabrication facility is configured using a demand probability distribution. In specific examples the reagent is a non-atmospheric or a specialty gas and the demand probability distribution is devel... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8010215 | Structure for selecting processors for job scheduling using measured power consumption In a design structure for allocating a plurality of parts of a computational system to a computational job, a set of requirements necessary to execute the job is determined. A set of parts of the plurality of parts is assembled so that the set of parts is capable of... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000826 | Predicting IC manufacturing yield by considering both systematic and random intra-die process variations One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that predicts manufacturing yield for a die within a semiconductor wafer. During operation, the system first receives a physical layout of the die. Next, the system partitions the die into an array of tiles. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987012 | Control device of substrate processing apparatus and control program therefor A control device is provided that flexibly controls a substrate processing apparatus for each product process. Four process recipes PM 1 to PM 4 are stored in a first storage unit 255a. Corresponding to each of the process recipes, a high... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983775 | Material reservation distribution system and method The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating material-driven processing in an industrial controller environment. Various models supported by database objects are provided to automatically and dynamically map inventory systems/processes to c... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974718 | Method for assembling a component A method for assembling a component including individual parts, includes making a plurality of the individual parts available in a plurality of respective containers. A control and display unit is assigned to each respective container. Each control and display unit ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7957824 | Method and system for providing automated high scale fabrication of custom items Method and system for providing volume manufacturing of customizable items including receiving a data package including a plurality of manufacturing parameters, each of the plurality of manufacturing parameters associated with a unique item, verifying the received d... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7941236 | Methods and systems for employing dynamic risk-based scheduling to optimize and integrate production with a supply chain A production and inventory control for a manufacturing facility is provided that facilitates and coordinates improved planning and execution of such facility in a supply chain with a focus on providing an improved and robust planning, production and inventory contro... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7894921 | Device and method for producing a three-dimensional object by means of mask exposure The invention describes device and method for producing a three-dimensional object by solidifying a solidifiable material under an action of electromagnetic radiation by means of energy input via an imaging unit comprising a predetermined number of discrete imaging ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894920 | Information technology process for prefabricated building panel assembly The disclosed technology enables manufacturers to efficiently design and manufacture structural wall panels, floor panels and roof panels from cold-formed steel for use in residential and commercial construction. The panels are individual components that can be inst... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890200 | Process-related systems and methods A process control system and method for use in controlling operation of a process in response to identification of one or more events, where each event is a condition relating to one or more process variables for the process and has a determined association with one... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7853345 | Offset determination method for measurement system matching Dynamic offset determination for each of a plurality of measurement systems for matching the systems is disclosed. One embodiment uses an artifact which is periodically run across the measurement system to be matched. Inputs for each run include the current offsets ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840293 | Caching identifications and associated production database guids for expedited acquisition of linking information contained within multiple distinct production database tables A production information reporting/recording system is disclosed herein including a number of features to ensure efficient, flexible and reliable recording of production data in a manufacturing system. Such features include validating the content of event messages t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7831322 | Producing wrinkled dental aligner for dental treatment A method for manufacturing wrinkled dental aligner for a patient's tooth includes developing a digital dental aligner model specifying at least one wrinkled surface on a dental aligner and producing a dental aligner having the wrinkled surface in accordance with dig... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818080 | Program writing method of numerical controller, numerical controller and cutting machine controlled thereby It is one object of the present invention to provide a program writing method of numerical controller, a numerical controller and a cutting machine controlled thereby, achieving the writing of a plurality of programs relating to one axis to perform a high efficiency... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7778719 | Method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for providing configure to service for a semiconductor manufacturing service guide system A system, method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for generating a code for a semiconductor manufacturing system are provided. A first code segment is derived from a customer code uniquely associated with a customer. At least one additional code segment is d... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7720556 | Web-enabled solutions for memory compilation to support pre-sales estimation of memory size, performance and power data for memory components A method, system, and program product includes an interactive network-based site that permits a user to specify, compile, analyze and export memory configuration data associated with at least one memory component manufactured in a manufacturing environment. Such mem... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7693592 | Interface unit for automation systems and method of providing and installing such an interface A method of integrating a machine or installation into an engineering/control system within the facility, such as an automation system, comprises the steps of receiving a definition or specification for applicable standards for communication between the engineering/... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7668612 | System and method for efficient manufacture and update of electronic devices Disclosed herein is a system and method for the efficient manufacture and update of electronic devices that is capable of pre-programming firmware/software into flash units (or other similar memory units) during their manufacturing so as to make the assembly line fo... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7660641 | System, graphical user interface (GUI), method and program product for configuring an assembly line Under the present invention, a GUI is provided that allows an assembly line to be both graphically and dynamically configured. In general, the GUI allows a designer or the like to “graphically” configure: a hierarchy of categories representing the assembly line;... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7647130 | Real-time predictive time-to-completion for variable configure-to-order manufacturing Predicting a completion time for the manufacturing of an ordered configuration of a product based on actual completion times and self adjusting prediction completion times. An order is received to manufacture a particular configuration of a product. Multiple activit... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7623935 | Method for electrochemically fabricating three-dimensional structures including pseudo-rasterization of data Some embodiments of the invention are directed to techniques for electrochemically fabricating multi-layer three-dimensional structures where selective patterning of at least one or more layers occurs via a mask which is formed using data representing cross-sections... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7590461 | Large scale supply planning A production planning method inputs demands for products. The demands have multiple due dates, and the multiple due dates have different priorities. The method performs an explosion process utilizing linear programming and heuristics to identify demands for componen... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7584011 | Method for optimizing an industrial product, system for optimizing an industrial product and method for manufacturing an industrial product A method for optimizing a structure of an industrial product includes selecting control factors from among manufacturing parameters affecting a target characteristic, which is scheduled to be manufactured by a sequence of manufacturing processes; setting levels to t... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7526352 | Semiconductor production system A semiconductor production system has a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having an exposure unit, a control unit for controlling the exposure unit and a storage device; a semiconductor inspection apparatus having an observation unit, a control unit for controll... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7515981 | Light guided assembly system An operational guide system (10) adapted to provide visual indicators to an individual to guide sequential actions includes at least one sensor apparatus (26), a controller (20), and at least one directional light device (22, 24). The sen... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7493182 | Method and device with regard to data transmission in the production of denture parts The invention relates to a method in which at a first location (A), such as a dental technician's laboratory or a dentist's surgery, digital image data (18) in the form of single images and/or image sequences are generated and these are transmitted to a secon... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493181 | Utilizing an RFID tag in manufacturing for enhanced lifecycle management A method and apparatus dynamically store data associated with supply chain events for a manufactured assembly to enhance lifecycle management of the assembly. The supply chain events for the manufactured assembly are stored on an RFID tag attached to the assembly as... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7441320 | Method of validating manufacturing configurations during hardware assembly The present invention is a method and system for manufacturing an electronic device, such as a data storage device. The method includes generating a register including a desired device configuration. The register may include an identifier and radio signal informatio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440928 | Diagnostic apparatus Apparatus and method for determining a likely cause or the likelihood of the occurrence of a cause of one or more effects, in which training data relating to previously identified relationships between one or more causes and one or more effects is used to learn the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433751 | Sorting a group of integrated circuit devices for those devices requiring special testing A method for sorting integrated circuit (IC) devices of the type having a fuse identification (ID) into those devices requiring enhanced reliability testing and those requiring standard testing includes storing fabrication deviation data, probe data, and test data i... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421363 | Method for virtual inspection of virtually machined parts A method for implementing a virtual inspection of a virtually machined workpiece is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes defining a set of master reference planes, defining a set of positioning planes with respect to the set of master reference... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418305 | Method of generating a component of a component-based automation system A computer-implemented method for generating a description of a component of an automation system comprises describing the component as a plurality of inputs and outputs, generating a vendor-independent component description file based on a description of the compon... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415319 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method Correcting for misalignment of a substrate before it is exposed is performed using offset corrections and process corrections that are calculated based on alignment offset measurements of alignment marks and overlay measurements of overlay targets on substrates in p... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7398585 | Method for manufacturing an internal core for injection mold tool An internal core is separated along a horizontal plane delineated at the transition point between the tapered wall portion and the parallel wall portion of the core to divide the core into a tapered wall component part manufactured by a WEDM process to obtain the de... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398254 | Component cost estimation system, component cost estimation method, cost standard data providing system, cost standard data providing method, recording medium, and computer data signal An external storage device of a component cost estimation system stores various cost information representing a component material and its cost in association with each other, and a component manufacturing step and a cost involved in the step in association with eac... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398164 | Sensor network system, base station, and method to forward measured data The object of the invention is to facilitate the entry of a sensor node and the adoption of a protocol in the existing sensor network system effectively utilizing limited resources of radiocommunication. To achieve the object, the following are provided. A sensor no... | 07/08/2008 |
