Patents by Inventor Peter Mark Grehlinger

Peter Mark Grehlinger 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).

  • System and method for dynamically controlling operation of rheometric instruments
    Patent number: 7607098
    Abstract: System and methods are described for dynamically controlling operation of a rheometer. A program is created on a programming interface for executing a test upon a sample in a rheometer by receiving user selections of a plurality of nodes and connections of each node to another node according to directional connection indicators. Nodes indicate steps for performing a test upon a sample or configuring a rheometer for performing a test upon a sample. Scripts are created for generating a sequence of instructions to the rheometer. The scripts include instructions for performing steps indicated by each of the selected nodes and in accordance with the directional connection indicators. Low-level instructions are downloaded from the scripts for execution in the rheometer, and drivers in the rheometer are instructed for performing the downloaded instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Waters Investments Limited
    Inventors: Peter Mark Grehlinger, Ronald F. Garritano, John P. Berting
  • System and method for dynamically controlling operation of rheometric instruments
    Publication number: 20040177678
    Abstract: System and methods are described for dynamically controlling operation of a rheometer. A program is created on a programming interface for executing a test upon a sample in a rheometer by receiving user selections of a plurality of nodes and connections of each node to another node according to directional connection indicators. Nodes indicate steps for performing a test upon a sample or configuring a rheometer for performing a test upon a sample. Scripts are created for generating a sequence of instructions to the rheometer. The scripts include instructions for performing steps indicated by each of the selected nodes and in accordance with the directional connection indicators. Low-level instructions are downloaded from the scripts for execution in the rheometer, and drivers in the rheometer are instructed for performing the downloaded instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Mark Grehlinger, Ronald F. Garritano, John P. Berting