| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7383337 |
Method for fair sharing limited resources between multiple customers |
June 3, 2008 |
| The invention disclosed comprises a method for encouraging fair sharing of limited material inventory and capacity between multiple customers when creating a production plan. the invention allocates resources among competing demands in a linear programming production planning system by |
| 7373516 |
Systems and methods of securing resources through passwords |
May 13, 2008 |
| Disclosed is a method of authorizing access to an item that maintains a lockout count and blocks access to the item if the lockout count exceeds a predetermined value. One feature is that the invention "variably" increments the lockout count if the presented password fails to exactly |
| 7305276 |
Method, system, and computer program product for controlling the flow of material in a manufactu |
December 4, 2007 |
| The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for controlling the flow of material in a manufacturing facility using an extended zone of control. A method in accordance to an embodiment of the present invention comprises establishing an extended zone o |
| 7239930 |
Method, system, and computer program product for improved flow of development lots in a manufact |
July 3, 2007 |
| The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for improved flow of development lots in a manufacturing facility. A method in accordance to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: establishing at least one target for processing of a set of de |
| 7206652 |
Method and system for intelligent automated reticle management |
April 17, 2007 |
| A method, system, and program storage device for implementing the method of controlling a manufacturing system, wherein the method comprises providing a plurality of workpieces to be processed on a processing tool, the plurality of workpieces located at processing stations prior to the |
| 7200454 |
Method, system, and storage medium for integrating rework operations into an advanced planning p |
April 3, 2007 |
| An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for integrating rework operations into an advanced planning process. The method comprises: providing at least one rework Bill of Materials flow for use in conjunction with other Bills of Material |
| 7151972 |
Method for autonomic control of a manufacturing system |
December 19, 2006 |
| Disclosed is a method of controlling a manufacturing system. The invention automatically monitors current levels of partially completed products waiting to be processed by a tool (or group of tools) and determines whether the current levels exceed a predetermined limit. If the current |
| 7103436 |
Method for optimizing foundry capacity |
September 5, 2006 |
| The invention provides a method and system for determining a production plan that includes a first step that determines the minimum number of manufacturing starts that are required to meet contractual obligations; and a second step which determines a production plan satisfying the mi |
| 7043322 |
System and method for batch scheduling of lots based on flow time and number of batches |
May 9, 2006 |
| A system and method for utilizing computer-implementable decision support systems to determine factory schedules. Methodologies associated with the invention include advanced planning systems, optimization and heuristic based algorithms, constraint-based programming, and simulation. The |
| 6701201 |
Decomposition system and method for solving a large-scale semiconductor production planning prob |
March 2, 2004 |
| A method and system for efficient allocation of limited manufacturing resources over time to meet customer demand. At the enterprise planning level this typically requires determination of a feasible production schedule for an extended supply chain. The method and system utilizes a n |
| 6049742 |
Projected supply planning matching assets with demand in microelectronics manufacturing |
April 11, 2000 |
| A computer-implemented decision-support tool serves as a solver to generate a projected supply planning (PSP) or estimated supply planning (ESP) match between existing assets and demands across multiple manufacturing facilities within the boundaries established by the manufacturing s |
| 6041267 |
Method to provide common support for multiple types of solvers for matching assets with demand i |
March 21, 2000 |
| A computer implemented decision support tool serves as a vehicle to enable a user to execute within a common work environment, from common production information files, and at the discretion of the user one of three types of matching between existing assets and demands across multiple ma |
| 5971585 |
Best can do matching of assets with demand in microelectronics manufacturing |
October 26, 1999 |
| A computer implemented decision support tool serves as a solver to generate a best can do (BCD) match between existing assets and demands across multiple manufacturing facilities within boundaries established by manufacturing specifications and process flows and business policies to |
| 5943484 |
Advanced material requirements planning in microelectronics manufacturing |
August 24, 1999 |
| A computer implemented decision support tool serves as an Advanced Material Requirements Planning (AMRP) solver to generate a match between existing assets and demands across multiple manufacturing facilities within the boundaries established by the manufacturing specifications and proce |
| 5785497 |
Control rod mounting arrangement for helicopter swashplates |
July 28, 1998 |
| A mounting arrangement (60) for coupling a control rod (38) to a stationary swashplate member (32) of a helicopter swashplate assembly (30) wherein the mounting arrangement (60) is characterized by a specially configured stationary swashplate member (32) and a trunnion fitting (62) for m |
| 5067875 |
Composite scissors for a swashplate |
November 26, 1991 |
| A flexible composite scissor assembly is disclosed which utilizes one or more composite straps disposed either in a radial or non-radial relationship between a hub attached to a rotor and an inner or outer ring of a helicopter swashplate. The composite material has sufficient edge-wi |
