Patents by Inventor Joseph Francis Kitching

Joseph Francis Kitching 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).

  • Systems and methods for airborne particle contamination control
    Patent number: 8793105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for airborne particle contamination control, comprising: creating a simulation by modeling a turbulent airflow in an environment that includes an equipment of interest; plotting a flow parameter on the simulation to visualize a flow field of air according to a current design; creating an injection point on the simulation for particles in the environment; determining a particle concentration of the particles; determining, by a computing device and from the particle concentration, whether the current design provides contamination control; in response to determining that the current design does not provide contamination control, creating a modified design; and providing the modified design for implementation. The present invention further relates to a computing device for airborne particle contamination control. The present invention still further relates to a non-transitory computer-readable medium for airborne particle contamination control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shirdish Poondru, Mel Allende-Blanco, Joseph Francis Kitching, Savas Aydore, Hasan Eroglu, Krista Beth Comstock, Jianjun Feng, Yunpeng Yang, John Ferney McKibben, James Kenneth Comer, Jr.
  • Systems and Methods for Airborne Particle Contamination Control
    Publication number: 20120253769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for airborne particle contamination control, comprising: creating a simulation by modeling a turbulent airflow in an environment that includes an equipment of interest; plotting a flow parameter on the simulation to visualize a flow field of air according to a current design; creating an injection point on the simulation for particles in the environment; determining a particle concentration of the particles; determining, by a computing device and from the particle concentration, whether the current design provides contamination control; in response to determining that the current design does not provide contamination control, creating a modified design; and providing the modified design for implementation. The present invention further relates to a computing device for airborne particle contamination control. The present invention still further relates to a non-transitory computer-readable medium for airborne particle contamination control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Shirdish Poondru, Mel Allende-Blanco, Joseph Francis Kitching, Savas Aydore, Hasan Eroglu, Krista Beth Comstock, Jianjun Feng, Yunpeng Yang, John Ferney McKibben, James Kenneth Comer, JR.
  • Wipe dispensing system
    Publication number: 20040164085
    Abstract: A container for dispensing product in sheet form comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joseph Francis Kitching, Mark James Kline, Andreas Mack