Patents by Inventor Stephen George Murray

Stephen George Murray 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to setup single-use equipment/processes
    Patent number: 10401836
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to setup single-use equipment/processes. An example disclosed herein includes configuring a control interface via an object-oriented programming interface, the object-oriented programming interface including an object class representative of a single-use component in the single-use process. The example method also includes activating a single-use object in the control interface by detecting all ports associated with the single-use component are connected, and verifying the single-use component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Zuwei Jin, Stephen George Murray
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SETUP SINGLE-USE EQUIPMENT/PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20170269578
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to setup single-use equipment/processes. An example disclosed herein includes configuring a control interface via an object-oriented programming interface, the object-oriented programming interface including an object class representative of a single-use component in the single-use process. The example method also includes activating a single-use object in the control interface by detecting all ports associated with the single-use component are connected, and verifying the single-use component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Zuwei Jin, Stephen George Murray