Patents by Inventor William H. Lycette

William H. Lycette 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).

  • Publication number: 20070274304
    Abstract: In an embodiment of an Fast Fail Rate method, a failure rate is determined for a population of pieces of equipment in use over a period of time. The method comprises selecting a period of time, segmenting the period of time into multiple time intervals; obtaining data for the population of pieces of equipment, the data broken down over the time intervals; and computing a life data distribution for the data, the life data distribution being associated with a given time, and being based on the obtained data for time intervals prior to the given point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventor: William H. Lycette