Patents by Inventor George F. Willard
George F. Willard 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).
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Publication number: 20230306361Abstract: The customer order fulfillment and return system for returning items from a customer order to specified locations in a warehouse. The returned items are assigned to specific sub-compartments of a tote, and the tote is assigned to a specific mobile return cart. The system then generates a return tour and the returned items are then returned to specific locations in the warehouse.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: George F. WILLARD, III, Lei CAO, Mahendra SATRASALA, G. Shannon MEADE, Bradley K. WALLER, Stephen C. Nobert
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Publication number: 20220222603Abstract: The customer order fulfillment system includes an order collection unit for collecting information associated with a plurality of customer orders having items and generating customer order data. Each of the plurality of customer order includes one or more items associated therewith. An order generating unit for receiving the customer order data and generating in response consolidated order fulfillment data, a pick tour generating subsystem for receiving the consolidated order fulfillment data and in response thereto generating pick tour instructions associated with a pick tour, and a bulk pick order fulfillment unit for grouping together similar ones of the items associated with the plurality of customer orders to form a plurality of bulk picks. An automated fulfillment system receives the consolidated order fulfillment data from the order generating unit and automatically selects one or more of the items from one or more carousels, employing the pick tour or the bulk pick.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: George F. Willard, III, Lei Cao, Dustin W. Cole, Mahendra Satrasala, David Byrd, G. Shannon Meade, Bradley K. Waller
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Patent number: 11195129Abstract: The customer order fulfillment system includes an order collection unit for collecting information associated with a plurality of customer orders from a plurality of customers and generating customer order data that includes data associated with each of the plurality of customer orders and the plurality of customers. Each of the plurality of customer order includes one or more items associated therewith. The system also includes an order generating unit for receiving the customer order data from the order collection unit and generating in response thereto consolidated order fulfillment data, and a pick tour generating subsystem for receiving the consolidated order fulfillment data from the order generating unit and in response thereto generating pick tour instructions associated with a pick tour from the consolidated order fulfillment data.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: America's Collectibles Network, Inc.Inventors: George F. Willard, III, Lei Cao, Dustin W. Cole, Mahendra Satrasala, David Byrd, G. Shannon Meade, Bradley K. Waller
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Patent number: 11120378Abstract: A customer order fulfillment system comprising an order collection unit for collecting information associated with a plurality of customer orders and generating related customer order data. The system also includes an order generating unit for receiving the customer order data from the order collection unit and generating in response thereto consolidated order fulfillment data, and a bulk pick order fulfillment unit for receiving the consolidated order fulfillment data from the order generating unit and grouping together similar ones of the items associated with the customer orders to form a plurality of bulk picks, wherein one or more of the bulk picks can form part of one or more bulk pick tours. The system further includes a pick tour generating unit for receiving the consolidated order fulfillment data from the order generating unit and for generating pick tour instructions associated with a pick tour from the consolidated order fulfillment data.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: America's Collectibles Network, Inc.Inventors: George F. Willard, III, Mahendra Satrasala, Lei Cao, G. Shannon Meade, Bradley K. Waller, Matthew Cardwell
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Patent number: 11113648Abstract: The customer order fulfillment system includes an order collection unit for collecting information associated with a plurality of customer orders having items and generating customer order data. Each of the plurality of customer order includes one or more items associated therewith. An order generating unit for receiving the customer order data and generating in response consolidated order fulfillment data, a pick tour generating subsystem for receiving the consolidated order fulfillment data and in response thereto generating pick tour instructions associated with a pick tour, and a bulk pick order fulfillment unit for grouping together similar ones of the items associated with the plurality of customer orders to form a plurality of bulk picks. An automated fulfillment system receives the consolidated order fulfillment data from the order generating unit and automatically selects one or more of the items from one or more carousels, employing the pick tour or the bulk pick.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: America's Collectibles Network, Inc.Inventors: George F. Willard, III, Lei Cao, Dustin W. Cole, Mahendra Satrasala, David Byrd, G. Shannon Meade, Bradley K. Waller
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Patent number: 11107148Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present application provide a packing system for an order fulfillment process. The packing system may include a scanner for scanning a barcode to retrieve a product identifier that is used to look up an order in a package database. A packager may package the product and a scale may weigh the packaged product. Using the weight from the scale and the order information from the package database, postage information for the packaged product may be retrieved from a postage database. One or more labels for the product may be printed based on the postage information and the order information, and the labels may be affixed to the packaged product. A workstation may display an interface providing an overview of the process, a time required to perform the steps in the process, and any errors associated with steps in the process.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: America's Collectibles Network, Inc.Inventors: George F. Willard, III, Mahendra Satrasala, Lei Cao, Dustin Cole, Shannon Meade, Matthew Cardwell
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Publication number: 20200311644Abstract: The customer order fulfillment system includes an order collection unit for collecting information associated with a plurality of customer orders from a plurality of customers and generating customer order data that includes data associated with each of the plurality of customer orders and the plurality of customers. Each of the plurality of customer order includes one or more items associated therewith. The system also includes an order generating unit for receiving the customer order data from the order collection unit and generating in response thereto consolidated order fulfillment data, and a pick tour generating subsystem for receiving the consolidated order fulfillment data from the order generating unit and in response thereto generating pick tour instructions associated with a pick tour from the consolidated order fulfillment data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: George F. WILLARD, III, Lei CAO, Dustin W. COLE, Mahendra SATRASALA, David BYRD, G. Shannon MEADE, Bradley K. WALLER
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Publication number: 20200272970Abstract: The customer order fulfillment system includes an order collection unit for collecting information associated with a plurality of customer orders having items and generating customer order data. Each of the plurality of customer order includes one or more items associated therewith. An order generating unit for receiving the customer order data and generating in response consolidated order fulfillment data, a pick tour generating subsystem for receiving the consolidated order fulfillment data and in response thereto generating pick tour instructions associated with a pick tour, and a bulk pick order fulfillment unit for grouping together similar ones of the items associated with the plurality of customer orders to form a plurality of bulk picks. An automated fulfillment system receives the consolidated order fulfillment data from the order generating unit and automatically selects one or more of the items from one or more carousels, employing the pick tour or the bulk pick.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: George F. WILLARD, III, Lei CAO, Dustin W. COLE, Mahendra SATRASALA, David BYRD, G. Shannon MEADE, Bradley K. WALLER
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Publication number: 20200265381Abstract: The customer order fulfillment and return system for returning items from a customer order to specified locations in a warehouse. The returned items are assigned to specific sub-compartments of a tote, and the tote is assigned to a specific mobile return cart. The system then generates a return tour and the returned items are then returned to specific locations in the warehouse.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: George F. WILLARD, III, Lei CAO, Dustin W. COLE, Mahendra SATRASALA, David BYRD, G. Shannon MEADE, Bradley K. WALLER
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Patent number: 9458354Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) polymers, digested oligomeric derivatives of PET (“dPET”), functionalized oligomeric derivatives of dPET (“dfPET”), and polyurethane dispersions (“PUD”) made from or incorporating dfPET therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Resinate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kristopher M. Felice, Adam W. Emerson, George F. Willard, Eric W. Uffman, Albert C. Lee
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Publication number: 20140360141Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present application provide a packing system for an order fulfillment process. The packing system may include a scanner for scanning a barcode to retrieve a product identifier that is used to look up an order in a package database. A packager may package the product and a scale may weigh the packaged product. Using the weight from the scale and the order information from the package database, postage information for the packaged product may be retrieved from a postage database. One or more labels for the product may be printed based on the postage information and the order information, and the labels may be affixed to the packaged product. A workstation may display an interface providing an overview of the process, a time required to perform the steps in the process, and any errors associated with steps in the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: George F. WILLARD, III, Mahendra SATRASALA, Lei COA, Dustin COLE, Shannon MEAD, Matthew Cardwell
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Publication number: 20140107374Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the functionalized polyethylene terephthalate polymers and functionalized derivatives of PET. More particularly, but not to be construed as limiting, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relate to lower molecular weight functionalized digested PET materials from digesting recycled and methods of making and using same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: Kristopher M. Felice, George F. Willard, Eric W. Uffman, Albert C. Lee
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Publication number: 20120259061Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) polymers, digested oligomeric derivatives of PET (“dPET”), functionalized oligomeric derivatives of dPET (“dfPET”), and polyurethane dispersions (“PUD”) made from or incorporating dfPET therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventors: KRISTOPHER M. FELICE, Adam W. Emerson, George F. Willard, Eric W. Uffman, Albert C. Lee
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Publication number: 20120190800Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the functionalized polyethylene terephthalate polymers and functionalized derivatives of PET. More particularly, but not to be construed as limiting, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relate to lower molecular weight functionalized digested PET materials from digesting recycled and methods of making and using same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: Kristopher M. Felice, George F. Willard, Eric W. Uffman, Albert C. Lee
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Publication number: 20120149791Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the method of producing a resin replacement compound, the resin replacement compound itself, and the use of the resin replacement compound. More particularly, but not to be construed as limiting, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relate to the recovery of an oligomeric form of polyethylene terephthalic acid from waste polyethylene terephthalate. In one particular aspect, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relate to the recovery of an oligomeric form of polyethylene terephthalic acid from waste products, such as beverage containers, made from polyethylene terephthalate. In an additional aspect, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relate to the use of a recovered oligomeric form of polyethylene terephthalic acid in a toner composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: Kristopher M. Felice, George F. Willard, Eric W. Uffman, Albert C. Lee