Patents by Inventor Dirk O. van Peteghem

Dirk O. van Peteghem 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).

  • System and method for integrating a business environment, a process control environment, and a laboratory environment
    Patent number: 6141647
    Abstract: A system and method for integrating a business transaction processing system, a process control system, and a laboratory system provides a computer integrated manufacturing environment. The manufacturing execution system receives work orders from the business transaction processing system and obtains enrichment data to enhance the work orders. The manufacturing execution system uses the enrichment data and rules contained in a plant model database to generate setpoints based on the received work orders. A subset of the work order data is provided to the laboratory system to direct sample testing. The setpoints include detailed information required by the process control system to manufacture the product specified by the work order. The setpoints are transmitted to the process control system for manufacture of the required materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Meijer, Dirk O. van Peteghem, Frank Berkhof, Ronny A. W. Aerts, Gerald A. Sandoval