Patents by Inventor Gene R. Carey

Gene R. Carey 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).

  • Manufacturing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5838236
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing comprises the steps of providing a batch of articles containing one or more articles in a common step in a process of being manufactured with a machine detectable tag, providing at least one station in the manufacturing process with a detector for detecting the tag, providing a link between the at least one station and a controller, signaling detection by the detector of the presence of the tag to the controller over the link, and assigning the highest priority for processing through the at least one station to the batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Diversified Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Stanley L. Bentley, Gene R. Carey, Patrick A. Heinzman, Julie E. Myers