Patents by Inventor Deborah Lynn Althoff

Deborah Lynn Althoff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Database system and method for analyzing and associating observable data with substances, equipment, and processes
    Patent number: 7366618
    Abstract: A database system and method are provided to allow a user to characterize observations related to an otherwise unidentified process. A database is established that stores data for substances, processes and equipment according to a data model that relates attributes of substances, processes and equipment. Information related to observations, called observed data or observables, is entered by a user into the system as the search criteria. The observed data may range in complexity from the names of one or more substances and/or processing equipment to a text description of the odor, color and state of observed substances and/or equipment. The system searches the database using the search criteria to return a list of one or more processes that possibly create the observed data, and thus more completely characterize the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin McPherson, Deborah Lynn Althoff, Scott Lilienthal
  • Database system and method for analyzing and associating observable data with substances, equipment, and processes
    Publication number: 20070150209
    Abstract: A database system and method are provided to allow a user to characterize observations related to an otherwise unidentified process. A database is established that stores data for substances, processes and equipment according to a data model that relates attributes of substances, processes and equipment. Information related to observations, called observed data or observables, is entered by a user into the system as the search criteria. The observed data may range in complexity from the names of one or more substances and/or processing equipment to a text description of the odor, color and state of observed substances and/or equipment. The system searches the database using the search criteria to return a list of one or more processes that possibly create the observed data, and thus more completely characterize the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Devin McPherson, Deborah Lynn Althoff, Scott Lilienthal