Patents by Inventor Ian Ravenscroft

Ian Ravenscroft 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).

  • Global process control information system and method
    Patent number: 5408603
    Abstract: The process control display program receives input in the form of an alphanumeric process control statement. The alphanumeric statement is parsed into its constituent lexical units and graphical icons corresponding to those lexical units are arranged on the display screen in an interconnected network or pattern which corresponds to the syntactic relationship of the lexical units which make up the statement being displayed. The change or flow of live data is depicted by changing the visual quality or color of the icons and their interconnecting network to provide a graphical representation of the alphanumeric statement which is readily understood by users worldwide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Dow Benelux N.V.
    Inventors: Ronny Van de Lavoir, Marinus Follon, Ian Ravenscroft