Patents by Inventor Gregory S. Conner

Gregory S. Conner 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 process prioritization based on applying rules to task-based data
    Patent number: 8887164
    Abstract: A manufacturing process prioritization system. In one embodiment, the system includes at least one computing device adapted to prioritize a very large scale integration (VLSI) process, by performing actions including: querying a database for task-based data associated with a set of manufacturing tasks; applying at least one rule to the task-based data to prioritize a first one of the set of manufacturing tasks over a second one of the set of manufacturing tasks; and providing a set of processing instructions for processing a manufactured product according to the prioritization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory S. Conner, Stephen D. Thomas
  • MANUFACTURING PROCESS PRIORITIZATION
    Publication number: 20130081040
    Abstract: A manufacturing process prioritization system. In one embodiment, the system includes at least one computing device adapted to prioritize a very large scale integration (VLSI) process, by performing actions including: querying a database for task-based data associated with a set of manufacturing tasks; applying at least one rule to the task-based data to prioritize a first one of the set of manufacturing tasks over a second one of the set of manufacturing tasks; and providing a set of processing instructions for processing a manufactured product according to the prioritization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory S. Conner, Stephen D. Thomas