Patents by Inventor Chris P. KRAMER

Chris P. KRAMER 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 and apparatus for optimizing a performance index of a bulk product blending and packaging plant
    Patent number: 8447423
    Abstract: A method of generating capacity, production and inventory plans, over a designated planning horizon, which will optimize, with respect to a designated performance index, the operations of one or more bulk product blending and packaging plants and a specified number, ranging from zero to a certain count, of distribution centers while meeting key operating constraints. Also decision making tools and computer implemented programs for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Benny S. Budiman, Chris P. Kramer, Laura L. Locke, Marcel R. Mueller, Sangbum Lee
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING A PERFORMANCE INDEX OF A BULK PRODUCT BLENDING AND PACKAGING PLANT
    Publication number: 20110130857
    Abstract: A method of generating capacity, production and inventory plans, over a designated planning horizon, which will optimize, with respect to a designated performance index, the operations of one or more bulk product blending and packaging plants and a specified number, ranging from zero to a certain count, of distribution centers while meeting key operating constraints. Also decision making tools and computer implemented programs for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Benny S. BUDIMAN, Chris P. KRAMER, Laura L. LOCKE, Marcel R. MUELLER, Sangbum LEE