Patents by Inventor Nicholas John Tovell

Nicholas John Tovell 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).

  • Apparatus and method for model based process control
    Patent number: 5838595
    Abstract: The present invention configures a control strategy and a process model to calculate a setting of a machine. The present invention adjusts the process model in accordance with an analysis of the setting to control the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Francis Sullivan, Judith Susan Hirsch, Stephanie Watts Butler, Nicholas John Tovell, Jerry Alan Stefani, Purnendu K. Mozumder, Ulrich H. Wild, Chun-Jen Jason Wang, Robert A. Hartzell