Patents by Inventor Alan L. Arvidson

Alan L. Arvidson 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 for creating a process capability database
    Patent number: 6466927
    Abstract: A procedure and method for eliciting expert information on process capability and thereafter manipulating the elicited information in such a manner that it can effectively be used in a process capability database that is operating in a six sigma regime. The manipulation preferably includes converting the expert elicited information from a tolerance-type metric to a short term standard deviation (or sigma) metric, whereby the result of the manipulation is used to populate directly a process capability database and, as appropriate, thereby augment, replace or modulate the data already stored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John J. Dougherty, Thomas R. Campbell, Alan L. Arvidson