Patents by Inventor Edward H. Carter

Edward H. Carter 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, system and program product for managing fulfillment of orders
    Patent number: 7966207
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for optimally managing fulfillment of orders that are channeled through a diversified manufacturing environment that utilizes different process models, product nomenclatures and communication methods. The method includes sending by a contemporary fulfillment application to a legacy application a scheduling request for an order that includes a code recommending that the order is deemed eligible for fulfillment by a specific manufacturing site. The method further includes returning by the legacy application a scheduling response providing scheduling information for the order and confirming that the order is to be fulfilled by the specific manufacturing site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brad M. Altice, Charles S. Atkinson, Robert J. Banker, Ji Yuan Bian, Edward H. Carter, Leonid Derbinsky, Docelyn Lordeus, Anandakrishnan Narayanan, Aparicio I. Ranghel, William J. Reilly, Jorge M. Salas, Yi-Wen C. Tan, Deirdre A. Wessel
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING FULFILLMENT OF ORDERS
    Publication number: 20090070176
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for optimally managing fulfillment of orders that are channeled through a diversified manufacturing environment that utilizes different process models, product nomenclatures and communication methods. The method includes sending by a contemporary fulfillment application to a legacy application a scheduling request for an order that includes a code recommending that the order is deemed eligible for fulfillment by a specific manufacturing site. The method further includes returning by the legacy application a scheduling response providing scheduling information for the order and confirming that the order is to be fulfilled by the specific manufacturing site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brad M. Altice, Charles S. Atkinson, Robert J. Banker, Ji Yuan Bian, Edward H. Carter, Leonid Derbinsky, Docelyn Lordeus, Anandakrishnan Narayanan, Aparicio I. Ranghel, William J. Reilly, Jorge M. Salas, Yi-Wen C. Tan, Deirdre A. Wessel
  • Two step polyolefin catalyst deactivation
    Patent number: 4156075
    Abstract: In a two step process for preparing polymeric material wherein said polymeric material is formed by polymerizing alpha-monoolefins in the presence of a halogen-containing polymerization catalyst that leaves corrosive halogen-containing catalyst residues in said polymeric material, the improvement which comprises contacting said polymeric material containing corrosive catalyst residues with steam, air and nitrogen at a temperature where the polymeric material is in a fluid or liquid state and thereafter treating said steam-air-nitrogen treated molten polymer with alumina. The polymeric material treated with the two step catalyst deactivation process had good color, low chlorides and low volatiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Holliday, Edward H. Carter, Jr., Thomas L. Doerr