Patents by Inventor Goodwin R. Chin

Goodwin R. Chin 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).

  • Framework for manufacturing logistics decision support
    Patent number: 5787283
    Abstract: A tool including a framework suitable for manufacturing logistics decision support. The tool comprises means for providing an object-oriented technology framework, the framework comprising: means for defining objects representing manufacturing logistics problems; means for transforming a subject of the above objects into representations commonly used in a mathematical solver, wherein the representations in the solver have predefined relationships based on their properties; and, means responsive to selective changes in the objects for modifying the behavior of the framework for developing anew manufacturing logistics decision support application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Goodwin R. Chin, Walter C. Dietrich, Jr., Thomas Robert Ervolina, John Peter Fasano, Elizabeth Jodi Poole, Jung-Mu Tang