Patents by Inventor Chris Roberson

Chris Roberson 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).

  • Publication number: 20220036304
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for identifying missing parts and stranded inventory. For instance, the method may include: obtaining parts data and work in progress (WIP) data associated with one or more production facilities, the parts data indicating one or more parts in an inventory to be used to produce one or more products, the WIP data indicating one or more WIP products currently in production; analyzing the parts data and the WIP data to determine missing parts and/or on-hand parts for the one or more WIP products; and performing at least one action for the missing parts and/or the on-hand parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chris ROBERSON, Susan BARLOW
  • Publication number: 20210248554
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for inventory management may comprise creating, by a processor, a plurality of lists of inventory excess and inventory shortage, wherein each of the plurality of lists corresponds to an inventory source of a plurality of inventory sources; comparing the plurality of lists to one another; determining instances in which at least a first of the plurality of inventory sources has an inventory excess and at least a second of the plurality of inventory sources has an inventory shortage; developing a transfer list; and executing the transfer list to complete at least one transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Chris ROBERSON, Susan BARLOW
  • Patent number: 6286689
    Abstract: The apparatus includes two side members each having a plurality of spaced apart slats formed on its inner side with adjacent slats forming a slot. The side members have upper edges which slant upward and rearward from the upper ends of their front edges. Each rearward of an adjacent slat has its top and bottom edges located at a level above the top and bottom edges respectively of the adjacent slat. The side members are supported such that their slats face each other and are spaced from each other to form a flooring sample receiving space. A floor is coupled between the two side members at the bottom edges of the slats. Each slot of one side member is aligned with a slot of the other side member to form a plurality of pairs of slots with each pair of slots and the floor being adapted to support a flooring sample. Each of the side members and its slats are formed as an integral member molded from plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Miramar Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Sherwood, Chris Roberson, Clay Bibb, Tom May
  • Patent number: D461675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Daniel C. Kemper, Paula Makrides, John Shero, Robert Sweeney, Chris Roberson, Mark Ritchmond, Kyle Norman, Tom May, Rick Sherwood