Patents by Inventor Brett E. Battles

Brett E. Battles 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).

  • Iterative constraint collection scheme for preparation of custom manufacturing contracts
    Patent number: 7587336
    Abstract: A series of iterative customer submissions and vendor responses are used to collect sufficient information concerning a custom manufacturing project so as to produce a sufficiently constrained job request as to allow at least one of the vendors to submit a quote for the project. The submissions and responses are preferably made through Web forms and, in one example, the custom manufacturing project is a print job. The collection process is preferably computer assisted so as to incrementally add constraints to an initially under-constrained job request to produce the sufficiently constrained job request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Anders R. Wallgren, Pravin S. Kothari, Elizabeth A. Cleary, Philip C. Nelson, Brett E. Battles
  • Method of removing slag from oxygen fuel burner
    Patent number: 4586895
    Abstract: During the operation of an oxygen-fuel burner the supply of fuel is reduced to generate an oxygen-rich low velocity flame. The excess oxygen of the flame is heated by the flame and oxidizes any slag accumulated on or about the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Assignee: The Cadre Corporation
    Inventor: Brett E. Battles