Patents by Inventor Terry Chacon

Terry Chacon 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: 8055521
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining the best combination of components/supplies/goods matched to a price provided by a supplier of those components/supplies/goods, such that costs are minimizing subject to a given supply function, fixed costs and various considerations that can be factored into a selection criteria. More specifically, a Lagrangian function is minimized subject to the supply function and an ensemble of costing formulations are considered subject to weighting factors as applied to a variety of criteria to arrive at an optimized selection of components/supplies/goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Terry Chacon, Allan R. Topp
  • Publication number: 20110010207
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining the best combination of components/supplies/goods matched to a price provided by a supplier of those components/supplies/goods, such that costs are minimizing subject to a given supply function, fixed costs and various considerations that can be factored into a selection criteria. More specifically, a Lagrangian function is minimized subject to the supply function and an ensemble of costing formulations are considered subject to weighting factors as applied to a variety of criteria to arrive at an optimized selection of components/supplies/goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Terry Chacon, Allen R. Topp
  • Patent number: 7761317
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining the best combination of components/supplies/goods matched to a price provided by a supplier of those components/supplies/goods, such that costs are minimizing subject to a given supply function, fixed costs and various considerations that can be factored into a selection criteria. More specifically, a Lagrangian function is minimized subject to the supply function and an ensemble of costing formulations are considered subject to weighting factors as applied to a variety of criteria to arrive at an optimized selection of components/supplies/goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Terry Chacon, Allan R Topp
  • Publication number: 20070282762
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining the best combination of components/supplies/goods matched to a price provided by a supplier of those components/supplies/goods, such that costs are minimizing subject to a given supply function, fixed costs and various considerations that can be factored into a selection criteria More specifically, a Lagrangian function is minimized subject to the supply function and an ensemble of costing formulations are considered subject to weighting factors as applied to a variety of criteria to arrive at an optimized selection of components/supplies/goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Terry Chacon, Allan R. Topp