Patents by Inventor Paul Joseph Cohen

Paul Joseph Cohen 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).

  • Multi-stage truck assignment system and method
    Patent number: 6741921
    Abstract: A method is provided for providing dispatch assignments to a plurality of vehicles in an environment including a plurality of sources and a plurality of processing sites. Current information about the environment is obtained, as is information about optimal criteria. Based on the current environment and the optimal criteria information, a production plan is determined. Based on the production plan and consideration of a cooperative assignment and/or anticipated future environment conditions, a dispatch assignment is selected for each vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Cohen, Stephane Alarie, Michel Gamache
  • Multi-stage truck assignment system and method
    Publication number: 20030069680
    Abstract: A method is provided for providing dispatch assignments to a plurality of vehicles in an environment including a plurality of sources and a plurality of processing sites. Current information about the environment is obtained, as is information about optimal criteria. Based on the current environment and the optimal criteria information, a production plan is determined. Based on the production plan and consideration of a cooperative assignment and/or anticipated future environment conditions, a dispatch assignment is selected for each vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Cohen, Stephane Alarie, Michel Gamache