Patents by Inventor Stephen Hearn

Stephen Hearn 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).

  • Patent number: 7599822
    Abstract: A modelling system models a physicochemical process such as a chemical reaction process (1) with mass and heat transfers across liquid, gas, and solid phase boundaries. A model editor receives a components file (2(a)) of chemical species, a natural language process description, (2(b)), a scenarios file (2(c)) having multiple rows (records) each for a different set of conditions, and an experimental data file (2(d)). A validation function (24) parses the input files and also simultaneously automatically builds equations using rules associated with the process description. A simulator function executes a validated model comprising the built equations and data and integrates the equations by determining source and sink values at time steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Dynochem IP Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Hearn, Andrew Bird, Joseph Hannon
  • Publication number: 20050267723
    Abstract: A modelling system models a physicochemical process such as a chemical reaction process (1) with mass and heat transfers across liquid, gas, and solid phase boundaries. A model editor receives a components file (2(a)) of chemical species, a natural language process description, (2(b)), a scenarios file (2(c)) having multiple rows (records) each for a different set of conditions, and an experimental data file (2(d)). A validation function (24) parses the input files and also simultaneously automatically builds equations using rules associated with the process description. A simulator function executes a validated model comprising the built equations and data and integrates the equations by determining source and sink values at time steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Hearn, Andrew Bird, Joseph Hannon