Patents by Inventor Steven Hauer

Steven Hauer 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).

  • METHOD FOR SCHEDULING SAMPLES IN A COMBINATIONAL CLINICAL ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20140100139
    Abstract: A method for scheduling the order of analysis of multiple samples in a combinational clinical analyzer performing a plurality of different analytical tests, includes the steps of: loading multiple samples in random order into a combinational clinical analyzer; defining the test requirements of the multiple samples; transferring said test requirements to a flexible scheduling algorithm; and generating a schedule specifying the start times of each required test for each of said multiple samples that minimizes or maximizes a predefined objective function. In a preferred embodiment, the objective function is the makespan or weighted makespan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Lawrence Barnes, Gary Denton, Steven Hauer
  • METHOD FOR SCHEDULING SAMPLES IN A COMBINATIONAL CLINICAL ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20120309094
    Abstract: A method for scheduling the order of analysis of multiple samples in a combinational clinical analyzer performing a plurality of different analytical tests, includes the steps of: loading multiple samples in random order into a combinational clinical analyzer; defining the test requirements of the multiple samples; transferring said test requirements to a flexible scheduling algorithm; and generating a schedule specifying the start times of each required test for each of said multiple samples that minimizes or maximizes a predefined objective function. In a preferred embodiment, the objective function is the makespan or weighted makespan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Lawrence Barnes, Gary Denton, Steven Hauer
  • METHOD FOR SCHEDULING SAMPLES IN A COMBINATIONAL CLINICAL ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20080020469
    Abstract: A method for scheduling the order of analysis of multiple samples in a combinational clinical analyzer performing a plurality of different analytical tests, includes the steps of: loading multiple samples in random order into a combinational clinical analyzer; defining the test requirements of the multiple samples; transferring said test requirements to a flexible scheduling algorithm; and generating a schedule specifying the start times of each required test for each of said multiple samples that minimizes or maximizes a predefined objective function. In a preferred embodiment, the objective function is the makespan or weighted makespan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Lawrence Barnes, Gary Denton, Steven Hauer