Patents by Inventor Gregory Duncan Shaffer
Gregory Duncan Shaffer 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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Patent number: 8799113Abstract: Providing quality management by validating a bill of materials in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system and method for validating materials during manufacture of a product. Also disclosed are a method of validating that acceptable materials are being used on a machine during manufacture of a product, and one or more computer-readable media for storing a data structure representing a product specification in an event-based manufacturing system.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Binforma Group Limited Liability CompanyInventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Amy Hancock Boyd, Gary Lee Goggans, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jolene Marie Meissner, Jamie Scott Mork, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Scott Jeffrey Park, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, John L. Reynders, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten
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Patent number: 7882438Abstract: Providing quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for storing, during a process, data associated with a material. Also disclosed are a method of collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system, a method of capturing and storing material history, a method of automating tracking of positions of components used in a process and correlating portions of a component with production problems, an improved inventory management system, and a method of tracking and recording actions of specific operators of a process performed by a machine.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2006Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Michael T. Price, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten
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Patent number: 7401728Abstract: Communication between machines in an event-based manufacturing system. In an event-based manufacturing system, material-specific data obtained for a material produced during a first manufacturing operation is used to govern a second manufacturing operation to decrease the likelihood of at least a delay event, a waste event, or poor quality of the product.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Roger Dale Yosten
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Patent number: 7357298Abstract: Integrating event-based production information with financial and purchasing systems in product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a method of tracking production information, a method of analyzing event-based production information to provide financial reports, a method of adapting an online production documentation system to provide financial report data, and a production documentation system. Also disclosed are computer-readable media for storing a data structure representing an event-based delay or waste record populated during manufacturing, and a method of automatically generating an alert and providing an associated financial report in a process for manufacturing a product associated with an event-based information system.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael Roy Pokorny, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Perry A. Bush, John Harland Hise, Winnie Shi Mei Shun Hoo, Charles Earl Markham, Jon Ray Matheus, Jamie Scott Mork, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Jose Andres Stambuk
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Patent number: 7035877Abstract: Providing quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for storing, during a process, data associated with a material. Also disclosed are a method of collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system, a method of capturing and storing material history, a method of automating tracking of positions of components used in a process and correlating portions of a component with production problems, an improved inventory management system, and a method of tracking and recording actions of specific operators of a process performed by a machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Michael T. Price, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten
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Patent number: 7032816Abstract: Providing communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for communicating data relating to a material between machines during a process for feed-forward control. Also disclosed are an intelligent event-based manufacturing system including a process for converting a raw material to a product and a method of reducing the probability of waste, delay, or a quality defect in a process having process conditions for the manufacture of a product from a sequentially trackable raw material.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Roger Dale Yosten
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Publication number: 20030158795Abstract: Providing quality management and intelligent manufacturing with labels and smart tags in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for storing, during a process, data associated with a material. Also disclosed are a method of collecting, storing, and reporting machine productivity, waste, and delay information on an event basis in a manufacturing system, a method of capturing and storing material history, a method of automating tracking of positions of components used in a process and correlating portions of a component with production problems, an improved inventory management system, and a method of tracking and recording actions of specific operators of a process performed by a machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Michael T. Price, Walter Caswell Reade, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten
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Publication number: 20030155415Abstract: Providing communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system, method, and computer-readable media for communicating data relating to a material between machines during a process for feed-forward control. Also disclosed are an intelligent event-based manufacturing system including a process for converting a raw material to a product and a method of reducing the probability of waste, delay, or a quality defect in a process having process conditions for the manufacture of a product from a sequentially trackable raw material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Paul D. Fuller, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reads, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Roger Dale Yosten
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Publication number: 20030154144Abstract: Integrating event-based production information with financial and purchasing systems in product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a method of tracking production information, a method of analyzing event-based production information to provide financial reports, a method of adapting an online production documentation system to provide financial report data, and a production documentation system. Also disclosed are computer-readable media for storing a data structure representing an event-based delay or waste record populated during manufacturing, and a method of automatically generating an alert and providing an associated financial report in a process for manufacturing a product associated with an event-based information system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael Roy Pokorny, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Perry A. Bush, John Harland Hise, Winnie Shi Mei Shun Hoo, Charles Earl Markham, Jon Ray Matheus, Jamie Scott Mork, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Jose Andres Stambuk
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Publication number: 20030150909Abstract: Providing quality management by validating a bill of materials in event-based product manufacturing. Some of the disclosed embodiments include a system and method for validating materials during manufacture of a product. Also disclosed are a method of validating that acceptable materials are being used on a machine during manufacture of a product, and one or more computer-readable media for storing a data structure representing a product specification in an event-based manufacturing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Amy Hancock Boyd, Gary Lee Goggans, John Harland Hise, Sheryl Annette Ihde, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jolene Marie Meissner, Jamie Scott Mork, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard, Scott Jeffrey Park, Michael Roy Pokorny, Walter Caswell Reade, John L. Reynders, Gregory Duncan Shaffer, Roger Dale Yosten