Patents by Inventor Donald Dean Pence

Donald Dean Pence 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).

  • Variegated manufacturing process test method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5978751
    Abstract: A manufacturing test method and apparatus for testing devices, preferably magnetic disk drives, assembled or processed at ones of a plurality of stations in a variegated process stream from components originating from a plurality of sources of components, to determine failure statistics for selected ones of the plurality of stations or ones of the sources of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Dean Pence, Jay Francis Raley