Patents by Inventor Chad D. Reimann

Chad D. Reimann 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).

  • System for optimizing bulk product allocation, transportation and blending
    Patent number: 7797205
    Abstract: A computer application loaded on a computer readable medium, a computer apparatus comprising the same, and process employing the same, is described herein. The computer application, when executed, causes a computer to optimize, for maximum net profit margin, the product allocation, transportation routing, transportation vehicle/route scheduling and, optionally, blending, of bulk products that are produced by and loaded from supply locations and delivered to and consumed by demand locations, using a heterogeneous fleet of transportation vehicles over a pre-defined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Jin-Hwa Song, Kevin C. Furman, Gary R. Kocis, Michael K. McDonald, Philip H. Warrick, Chad D. Reimann
  • System for optimizing bulk product allocation, transportation and blending
    Publication number: 20090192864
    Abstract: A computer application loaded on a computer readable medium, a computer apparatus comprising the same, and process employing the same, is described herein. The computer application, when executed, causes a computer to optimize, for maximum net profit margin, the product allocation, transportation routing, transportation vehicle/route scheduling and, optionally, blending, of bulk products that are produced by and loaded from supply locations and delivered to and consumed by demand locations, using a heterogeneous fleet of transportation vehicles over a pre-defined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: ExxoMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Jin-Hwa Song, Kevin C. Furman, Gary R. Kocis, Michael K. McDonald, Philip H. Warrick, Chad D. Reimann