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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Applicants:
Michael R. Conboy, Austin, TX (US);
Patrick J. Ryan, Eugene, OR (US);
Elfido Coss, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Conboy, Austin, TX (US);
Patrick J. Ryan, Eugene, OR (US);
Elfido Coss, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advance Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F019/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to a new and efficient method for bringing at least two items together from independent locations via separate paths in a computer controlled manufacturing environment. Using the computer, the probabilities for pickup and delivery of each of the two items are generated and used to determine an efficient manner in which to bring the items together via the separate paths.