Alfred T Degbotse from Highland Heights, OH, age 63

Us Patents

Method, System, And Computer Program Product For Improved Flow Of Development Lots In A Manufacturing Facility
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US Patent:

7239930, Jul 3, 2007
Filed:

May 24, 2005
Appl. No.:

10/908714
Inventors:

Richard G. Burda - Pleasant Valley NY, US
Alfred Degbotse - Colchester VT, US
Brian T. Denton - Winooski VT, US
Kenneth J. Fordyce - Hurley NY, US
Robert J. Milne - Jericho VT, US
Elizabeth L. Williamson - Essex Junction VT, US
Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:

G06F 19/00
US Classification:

700100, 700108, 250306
Abstract:

The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for improved flow of development lots in a manufacturing facility. A method in accordance to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: establishing at least one target for processing of a set of development lots in the manufacturing facility; monitoring a progress of the set of development lots in the manufacturing facility; comparing the progress of the set of development lots against the at least one target; establishing at least one suggested action for the set of development lots if the progress of the set of development lots deviates from the at least one target; and deciding which development lots in the set of development lots to assign to at least one tool in the manufacturing facility, wherein the at least one suggested action is incorporated into the assignment decision.

Method, System, And Computer Program Product For Controlling The Flow Of Material In A Manufacturing Facility Using An Extended Zone Of Control
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US Patent:

7305276, Dec 4, 2007
Filed:

Oct 31, 2005
Appl. No.:

11/163793
Inventors:

Richard G. Burda - Pleasant Valley NY, US
Alfred T. Degbotse - Colchester VT, US
Brian T. Denton - Rochester MN, US
Kenneth J. Fordyce - Hurley NY, US
Robert J. Milne - Jericho VT, US
Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:

G06F 19/00
US Classification:

700100
Abstract:

The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for controlling the flow of material in a manufacturing facility using an extended zone of control. A method in accordance to an embodiment of the present invention comprises establishing an extended zone of control including a high impact tool set and at least one other tool set, analyzing projected job arrivals at the high impact tool set, and adjusting a flow of material between the high impact tool set and the at least one other tool set based on the analysis of projected job arrivals at the high impact tool set.

Method Of Release And Product Flow Management For A Manufacturing Facility
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US Patent:

7477958, Jan 13, 2009
Filed:

May 11, 2005
Appl. No.:

10/908420
Inventors:

Richard Gerard Burda - Pleasant Valley NY, US
Alfred Degbotse - Colchester VT, US
Brian Trevor Denton - Winooski VT, US
Kenneth Jeffrey Fordyce - Hurley NY, US
Robert John Milne - Jericho VT, US
Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:

G06F 19/00
US Classification:

700102, 700100, 700101
Abstract:

A method and computer program product for scheduling product lots through operations of a manufacturing line. The method including: selecting a sequential subset of a set of sequential operations required to manufacture the lots; partitioning the product lots into designated lots and non-designated lots; and generating a release schedule for each of the non-designated lots into one or more operations of the sequential subset of the set of sequential operations; generating a release schedule for each of the designated lots into each operation of the sequential subset of the set of sequential operations such that for each designated lot a total amount of time measured from completion of a first operation of the sequential subset of the set of sequential operations through start of a last operation of the sequential subset of the set of sequential operations does not exceed a target amount of time for the designated lots.

Supply Consumption Optimization And Multiple Component Utilization
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US Patent:

7590463, Sep 15, 2009
Filed:

Apr 6, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/278819
Inventors:

Alfred T. Degbotse - Colchester VT, US
Robert J. Milne - Jericho VT, US
Robert A. Orzell - Essex Junction VT, US
Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:

G06F 19/00
US Classification:

700 99, 700106, 705 28
Abstract:

The invention disclosed here is a method for achieving simultaneous consideration of multiple independent dates associated with a single demand. The method iterates through the demands to match the demands with the supply quantities respecting demand priorities which vary over time and demand quantities which may perish over time. One embodiment of the invention allocates demand to supply through an iterative process beginning with earlier demand requirement dates and concluding with later demands which may preempt supply from earlier demands depending upon their relative priorities. An additional embodiment transforms the demands to create multiple demand records, each having an associated priority, such that a single original demand record is transformed into a plurality of related demand records, each having an associated priority. The component supply quantities are accumulated into period ending inventories. The method matches the multiple demand records (in priority sequence) to the period ending inventories.

Supply Consumption Optimization And Multiple Component Utilization
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US Patent:

7734365, Jun 8, 2010
Filed:

May 19, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/468203
Inventors:

Alfred T. Degbotse - Colchester VT, US
Robert J. Milne - Jericho VT, US
Robert A. Orzell - Essex Junction VT, US
Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:

G06F 19/00
US Classification:

700 97, 700 99, 700101, 700106, 705 28
Abstract:

The invention disclosed here is a method for achieving simultaneous consideration of multiple independent dates associated with a single demand. The method iterates through the demands to match the demands with the supply quantities respecting demand priorities which vary over time and demand quantities which may perish over time. One embodiment of the invention allocates demand to supply through an iterative process beginning with earlier demand requirement dates and concluding with later demands which may preempt supply from earlier demands depending upon their relative priorities. An additional embodiment transforms the demands to create multiple demand records, each having an associated priority, such that a single original demand record is transformed into a plurality of related demand records, each having an associated priority. The component supply quantities are accumulated into period ending inventories. The method matches the multiple demand records (in priority sequence) to the period ending inventories.

Method And System For Intelligent Automated Reticle Managment
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US Patent:

7953507, May 31, 2011
Filed:

Jan 31, 2007
Appl. No.:

11/669179
Inventors:

Richard G. Burda - Pleasant Valley NY, US
Alfred Degbotse - Colchester VT, US
Brian T. Denton - Winooski VT, US
Kenneth J. Fordyce - Hurley NY, US
Sanjay Hegde - S. Burlington VT, US
Robert J. Milne - Jericho VT, US
Sameer T. Shikalgar - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Guogang Zuo - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:

G06F 19/00
US Classification:

700101, 700121
Abstract:

A method, system, and program storage device for implementing the method of controlling a manufacturing system, wherein the method comprises providing a plurality of workpieces to be processed on a processing tool, the plurality of workpieces located at processing stations prior to the processing tool, determining auxiliary equipment allocation needs for the processing tool based on characteristics associated with the plurality of workpieces prior to the workpieces arriving at the processing tool, and sending auxiliary equipment to the processing tool based on the allocation needs prior to the workpieces arriving at the processing tool. According to an embodiment of the invention, the processing tool comprises a photolithographic system, the auxiliary equipment comprises a reticle, and the plurality of workpieces comprise semiconductor substrates.

Method Of Release And Product Flow Management For A Manufacturing Facility
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US Patent:

8165704, Apr 24, 2012
Filed:

Jan 7, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/349599
Inventors:

Richard Gerard Burda - Pleasant Valley NY, US
Alfred Degbotse - Colchester VT, US
Brian Trevor Denton - Winooski VT, US
Kenneth Jeffrey Fordyce - Hurley NY, US
Robert John Milne - Jericho VT, US
Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:

G06F 19/00
G01R 31/26
G06Q 10/00
US Classification:

700102, 700101, 438 14, 705 712
Abstract:

A method and computer program product for scheduling product lots through operations of a manufacturing line. The method including: selecting a set of sequential operations required to manufacture the lots; partitioning the product lots into designated lots and non-designated lots; and generating a release schedule for each of the non-designated lots into one or more operations of the set of sequential operations; generating a release schedule for each of the designated lots into each operation of set of sequential operations such that for each designated lot a total amount of time measured from completion of a first operation of the set of sequential operations through start of a last operation of the set of sequential operations does not exceed a target amount of time for the designated lots.

Approximating Cycle Times Within Material Flow Network
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US Patent:

8185420, May 22, 2012
Filed:

Feb 27, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/038134
Inventors:

Alfred Degbotse - Colchester VT, US
Brian T. Denton - Raleigh NC, US
Robert J. Milne - Jericho VT, US
Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
US Classification:

705 7, 705 1, 705413, 705 29, 700 97, 700 99, 700100, 700102, 700 36, 700107, 700 95, 700105, 700182, 700106, 700103
Abstract:

Approximating cycle times within a material flow network is disclosed. One embodiment includes assigning an approximate cycle time for completion of a part number PN within the material flow network by using a model that rounds the approximate cycle time to a nearest aggregate time period and adjusting the assigned approximate cycle time based on a mathematical function representing an aggregate accuracy of an aggregation of cycle times throughout the material flow network.