Patents by Inventor Martha S. Buchan

Martha S. Buchan 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).

  • Expert systems as a method of delivering diagnostic, problem solving, and training technical services to customers
    Patent number: 8271401
    Abstract: An expert system may be utilized for providing and receiving interactive, computer-implemented support services related to chemical processing units. The expert system may include a knowledge base that contains information coded in the form of rules, decision trees, and logic and a database that stores and handles various types of information related to the expert system. A query component receives a query that may be a problem, a performance issue, or a training request selected from a list or diagram or otherwise generated by a customer. An answer component utilizes the knowledge base, the database, an external database, and/or an expert to provide one or more answers to the query. A question and answer session may be initiated by the expert system in order to gain further information and detail related to the query. Supplemental information and the identified answers may be provided to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Blaise J. Arena, Veronica M. May, Alan Zagoria, Martha S. Buchan
  • Expert Systems as a Method of Delivering Diagnostic, Problem Solving, and Training Technical Services to Customers
    Publication number: 20090030856
    Abstract: An expert system may be utilized for providing and receiving interactive, computer-implemented support services related to chemical processing units. The expert system may include a knowledge base that contains information coded in the form of rules, decision trees, and logic and a database that stores and handles various types of information related to the expert system. A query component receives a query that may be a problem, a performance issue, or a training request selected from a list or diagram or otherwise generated by a customer. An answer component utilizes the knowledge base, the database, an external database, and/or an expert to provide one or more answers to the query. A question and answer session may be initiated by the expert system in order to gain further information and detail related to the query. Supplemental information and the identified answers may be provided to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Blaise J. Arena, Veronica M. May, Alan Zagoria, Martha S. Buchan
  • Gas purification process
    Patent number: 7399341
    Abstract: A process for the purification of hydrogen based gas mixtures utilizing zeolite X wherein the particle size distribution of the zeolite X powder has a coefficient of variation from about 15% to about 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Kirit M. Patel, Henry Rastelli, Martha S. Buchan, Henry L. Griffith, Michele S. Herron