Patents by Inventor Peter M. Holmes

Peter M. Holmes 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).

  • Method, system and article of manufacture for operating a process
    Patent number: 6453207
    Abstract: A complex industrial process is operated via computer control. Process control data regarding multiple process control variables is collected, along with output data regarding one or more process output properties. One or more of the process control variables is altered for a predetermined time in order to determine which of the process control variables are affecting the one or more process output properties. An effect on the one or more output properties due to the altering is determined, and, if necessary, a set point for the one or more process control variables is altered based on the effect in order to improve the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventors: Donald S. Holmes, Peter M. Holmes