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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. 23, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Brad J. Rawlins, Essex Junction, VT (US);
James Rice, Danbury, CT (US);
Yunsheng Song, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Yutong Wu, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Inventors:
Brad J. Rawlins, Essex Junction, VT (US);
James Rice, Danbury, CT (US);
Yunsheng Song, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Yutong Wu, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of optimizing production cycle queue time includes selecting a plurality of process steps for a production cycle, calculating queue times for each of the plurality of process steps, statistically analyzing the queue times, and generating at least one visual output that illustrates the statistically analyzed queue times.