Patents by Inventor Stuart Fergusson
Stuart Fergusson 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).
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Publication number: 20260203726Abstract: A work order management system automates the process of scheduling maintenance tasks and generating corresponding work orders via analysis of monitored data generated by the industrial assets. The work order management system can monitor status and operational data from industrial devices on the plant floor and initiate creation of work orders based on a determination that the monitored industrial data indicates a current or predicted performance risk requiring investigation or maintenance. The system can leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) or other types of AI in connection with determining when and how to schedule a maintenance task intended to mitigate asset risk. The system dynamically updates the work orders in response to changing contextual conditions within the plant to ensure that work order priority, scheduling, and resource allocations satisfy a defined maintenance optimization criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2026Publication date: July 16, 2026Inventors: Liudmila Domakhina, Mohammad Esmalifalak, Stuart Fergusson, Min Hua Yu, Hyo Jung S Son, Tareq Al-Masri
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Patent number: 12591861Abstract: A work order management system automates the process of scheduling maintenance tasks and generating corresponding work orders via analysis of monitored data generated by the industrial assets. The work order management system can monitor status and operational data from industrial devices on the plant floor and initiate creation of work orders based on a determination that the monitored industrial data indicates a current or predicted performance risk requiring investigation or maintenance. The system can leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) or other types of AI in connection with determining when and how to schedule a maintenance task intended to mitigate asset risk. The system dynamically updates the work orders in response to changing contextual conditions within the plant to ensure that work order priority, scheduling, and resource allocations satisfy a defined maintenance optimization criterion.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2024Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Liudmila Domakhina, Mohammad Esmalifalak, Stuart Fergusson, Min Hua Yu, Hyo Jung S Son, Tareq Al-Masri
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Publication number: 20260065234Abstract: A work order management system automates the process of scheduling maintenance tasks and generating corresponding work orders via analysis of monitored data generated by the industrial assets. The work order management system can monitor status and operational data from industrial devices on the plant floor and initiate creation of work orders based on a determination that the monitored industrial data indicates a current or predicted performance risk requiring investigation or maintenance. The system can leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) or other types of AI in connection with determining when and how to schedule a maintenance task intended to mitigate asset risk. The system dynamically updates the work orders in response to changing contextual conditions within the plant to ensure that work order priority, scheduling, and resource allocations satisfy a defined maintenance optimization criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2024Publication date: March 5, 2026Inventors: Liudmila Domakhina, Mohammad Esmalifalak, Stuart Fergusson, Min Hua Yu, Hyo Jung S Son, Tareq Al-Masri
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Publication number: 20260057352Abstract: A work order management system automates the process of scheduling maintenance tasks and generating corresponding work orders via analysis of monitored data generated by the industrial assets. The work order management system can monitor control, status, or operational data from industrial devices on the plant floor, and initiate creation of work orders based on a determination that the monitored industrial data indicates a current or predicted performance risk requiring investigation or maintenance. To assist in automated maintenance scheduling, the system can automatically discover and register industrial assets and devices deployed in in the customer's facility. The system can register these assets using asset profiles that define maintenance knowledge for the respective assets. The system uses asset-specific knowledge encoded in the asset profiles to identify asset risk conditions and schedule corresponding maintenance countermeasures.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2024Publication date: February 26, 2026Inventors: James Binckly, Stuart Fergusson, Gourav Jamwal, Katrina R. Rempel
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Publication number: 20260057353Abstract: A work order management system automates the process of scheduling maintenance tasks and generating corresponding work orders via analysis of monitored data generated by the industrial assets. The work order management system can monitor status and operational data from industrial devices on the plant floor and initiate creation of work orders based on a determination that the monitored industrial data indicates a current or predicted performance risk requiring investigation or maintenance. The system can leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) or other types of AI in connection with determining when and how to schedule a maintenance task intended to mitigate asset risk. The system dynamically updates the work orders in response to changing contextual conditions within the plant to ensure that work order priority, scheduling, and resource allocations satisfy a defined maintenance optimization criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2024Publication date: February 26, 2026Inventors: Jiten Bhardwaj, Michael Chahley, Liudmila Domakhina, Mohammad Esmalifalak, Stuart Fergusson, Gourav Jamwal, Jason Yiu Kei Kong, Warren M. Menezes, Min Hua Yu, Hyo Jung S Son
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Publication number: 20260050258Abstract: A work order management system automates the process of scheduling maintenance tasks and generating corresponding work orders via analysis of monitored data generated by the industrial assets. The work order management system can monitor status and operational data from industrial devices on the plant floor, as well as mobile industrial robots that traverse the plant floor, and initiate creation of work orders based on a determination that the monitored industrial data indicates a current or predicted performance risk requiring investigation or maintenance. The system can leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) or other types of AI in connection with determining when and how to schedule a maintenance task intended to mitigate asset risk.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2024Publication date: February 19, 2026Inventors: Liudmila Domakhina, Mohammad Esmalifalak, Stuart Fergusson
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Patent number: 11803175Abstract: An industrial information hub (IIH) serves as a single industrial ecosystem platform where multiple participants can deliver repeatable and standardized services relevant to their core competencies. The IIH system can interface with a work order management system to facilitate automated creation and submission of work orders for maintenance tasks. To this end, the IIH system can monitor real-time data from industrial devices and identify conditions indicative of a performance issue requiring a maintenance action. When such a condition is identified, the IIH system can initiate creation of a work order in the work order management system for tracking and recording of the maintenance task.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sneha R Jadhav, Ryan P Dunn, Nabin Acharya, Chirayu S Shah, Anoop Mohan, Stuart Fergusson, Meraj Imani, Taylor Mathewson
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Publication number: 20230090297Abstract: An industrial information hub (IIH) serves as a single industrial ecosystem platform where multiple participants can deliver repeatable and standardized services relevant to their core competencies. The IIH system can interface with a work order management system to facilitate automated creation and submission of work orders for maintenance tasks. To this end, the IIH system can monitor real-time data from industrial devices and identify conditions indicative of a performance issue requiring a maintenance action. When such a condition is identified, the IIH system can initiate creation of a work order in the work order management system for tracking and recording of the maintenance task.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Sneha R. Jadhav, RYAN P. DUNN, NABIN ACHARYA, CHIRAYU S. SHAH, Anoop Mohan, Stuart Fergusson, Meraj Imani, Taylor Mathewson
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Patent number: 11420952Abstract: Sugar-based mono and diesters are prepared by esterification of 2,5-furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with an alcohol in the presence of low loadings of a homogeneous organotin (IV) catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: Archer Daniels Midland Company, DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLCInventors: Kenneth Stensrud, Stuart Fergusson
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Publication number: 20210171486Abstract: Sugar-based mono and diesters are prepared by esterification of 2,5-furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with an alcohol in the presence of low loadings of a homogeneous organotin (IV) catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicants: Archer Daniels Midland Company, DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLCInventors: Kenneth Stensrud, Stuart Fergusson
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Patent number: 10947208Abstract: A method for preparing sugar-based mono and diesters is described. The process entails the esterification of 2,5-furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with an alcohol in the presence of low loadings of a homogeneous organotin (IV) catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignees: ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY, DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLCInventors: Kenneth Stensrud, Stuart Fergusson
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Publication number: 20200354329Abstract: A method for preparing sugar-based mono and diesters is described. The process entails the esterification of 2,5-furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with an alcohol in the presence of low loadings of a homogeneous organotin (IV) catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicants: Archer Daniels Midland Company, DUPONT INDUSTRIAL BIOSCIENCES USA, LLCInventors: Kenneth Stensrud, Stuart Fergusson
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Publication number: 20100276450Abstract: A process for forming a pouch having an evacuated headspace containing a flowable material is disclosed. The process includes the steps of: providing a continuous tube of flexible and sealable film; supplying the continuous tube with a predetermined amount of flowable material; pinching the continuous tube above a sealing region so as to form a pinched portion of the continuous tube; evacuating the headspace between the pinched portion and the predetermined amount of flowable material; and sealing the continuous tube at the sealing region to form a top seal of a previously formed pouch containing flowable material and a bottom seal of a next-to-be filled pouch. Also disclosed is a vertical form-fill-seal apparatus for forming a pouch containing a flowable material and having an evacuated headspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Liqui-Box CorporationInventors: Stuart Fergusson, Larin Godfroy, Tony Reid, Jim Sadler, David L. Schiele
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Patent number: 7779612Abstract: A process for forming a pouch having an evacuated headspace containing a flowable material is disclosed. The process includes the steps of: providing a continuous tube of flexible and sealable film; supplying the continuous tube with a predetermined amount of flowable material; pinching the continuous tube above a sealing region so as to form a pinched portion of the continuous tube; evacuating the headspace between the pinched portion and the predetermined amount of flowable material; and sealing the continuous tube at the sealing region to form a top seal of a previously formed pouch containing flowable material and a bottom seal of a next-to-be filled pouch. Also disclosed is a vertical form-fill-seal apparatus for forming a pouch containing a flowable material and having an evacuated headspace.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Liqui-Box CorporationInventors: Stuart Fergusson, Larin Godfroy, Tony Reid, Jim Sadler, David L. Schiele
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Publication number: 20080209864Abstract: A process for forming a pouch having an evacuated headspace containing a flowable material is disclosed. The process includes the steps of: providing a continuous tube of flexible and sealable film; supplying the continuous tube with a predetermined amount of flowable material; pinching the continuous tube above a sealing region so as to form a pinched portion of the continuous tube; evacuating the headspace between the pinched portion and the predetermined amount of flowable material; and sealing the continuous tube at the sealing region to form a top seal of a previously formed pouch containing flowable material and a bottom seal of a next-to-be filled pouch. Also disclosed is a vertical form-fill-seal apparatus for forming a pouch containing a flowable material and having an evacuated headspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Stuart Fergusson, Larin Godfroy, Tony Reid, Jim Sadler, David L. Schiele
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Publication number: 20080008403Abstract: A process for making an aseptic sealed product-filled package in disclosed. The process includes the steps of: providing a bag having a preformed filling fitment; filling the bag with product through the filling fitment; and sealing the bag below the filling fitment. The process can further include the step of cutting off at least a portion of the bag above the seal to remove the filling fitment. Also provided is a bag for forming an aseptic product-filled package. The bag includes a pair of corresponding walls of flexible, sealable material, which are sealed about a common periphery to form an internal volume having a product portion and a fitment portion. The product portion and the fitment portion are fluidly connected. The bag further includes a filling fitment attached to at least one of the walls near the common periphery. The package is formable by aseptically sealing at least a part of the fitment portion with the fitment so as to isolate the fitment from the remainder of the bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Inventors: Stuart Fergusson, Jeffrey Montgomery, Stewart Graves, Qin Lin