Patents by Inventor Craig Andrew Niermann

Craig Andrew Niermann 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).

  • Methods and systems for deriving chemical compositions that are present in a chemical product and for determining compliance of chemical products with government regulations
    Patent number: 7340350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for deriving chemical compositions that are present in a chemical product to be manufactured and for determining whether the chemical product complies with government regulations. A method can comprise obtaining a bill of material including components to manufacture the chemical product; ascertaining whether any of the components includes subcomponents; replacing any components including subcomponents with the subcomponents in a revised bill of material; and deriving from the revised bill of material the chemical compositions present in the manufactured chemical product. In some embodiments, the derived chemical compositions can be compared to a stored set of government regulatory standards relating to the chemical compositions to determine compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Craig Andrew Niermann, Paul Jayaraj Rajiah, Steven James Ankabrandt, Bryan Robert Swenson, Abraham James Cox, D. Russell Hickman
  • Methods and systems for deriving chemical compositions that are present in a chemical product and for determining compliance of chemical products with government regulations
    Publication number: 20050197789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for deriving chemical compositions that are present in a chemical product to be manufactured and for determining whether the chemical product complies with government regulations. A method can comprise obtaining a bill of material comprising components to manufacture the chemical product; ascertaining whether any of the components comprises subcomponents; replacing any components comprising subcomponents with the subcomponents in a revised bill of material; and deriving from the revised bill of material the chemical compositions present in the manufactured chemical product. In some embodiments, the derived chemical compositions can be compared to a stored set of government regulatory standards relating to the chemical compositions to determine compliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Craig Andrew Niermann, Paul Jayaraj Rajiah, Steven Ankabrandt, Bryan Swenson, Abraham Cox, D. Hickman