Patents by Inventor Donald J. Nicholson

Donald J. Nicholson 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).

  • Identifying noncomplying datapoints in control charts
    Patent number: 7673247
    Abstract: Control limit values may be related to noncomplying points by receiving a user selection indicating one or more datapoints to be used in a control limit operation, calculating control limit values based on the datapoints, wherein the control limit values indicate one or more noncomplying points that are not within an expected range, generating a display relating the control limit values to the noncomplying points, and identifying the noncomplying points in the generated display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Donald J. Nicholson