Walter Reade's Patents
Patents Granted
US Pat. 6,853,303, "RFID System and Method for Ensuring Personnel Safety," issued to FJ Chen, W. Reade, and JD Lindsay, Feb. 8, 2005. [Link]
US Pat. 6,968,250, "Agent System And Method For Evaluating Data Integrity In Process Information Databases," issued November 22, 2005 to W. Reade, D. Barber, P. Fuller, M. Klaips, C. Markham, M. Pokorny. [Link]
US Pat. 6,982,640, "RFID System And Method For Tracking Food Freshness," issued January 3, 2006 to J. Lindsay and W. Reade. [Link]
US Pat. 7,032,816, "Communication Between Machines And Feed-Forward Control In Event-Based Product Manufacturing," issued April 25, 2006 to C. Markham, D. Barber, P. Fuller, J. Hise, S. Ihde, J. Lindsay, J. Matheus, K. Nygaard, M. Pokorny, W. Reade, G. Shaffer, F. Tiffany, R. Yosten. [Link]
US Pat. No. 7,035,877, "Quality Management And Intelligent Manufacturing With Labels And Smart Tags In Event-Based Product Manufacturing," issued April 25, 2006 to C. Markham, D. Barber, J. Hise, S. Ihde, J. Lindsay, K. Nygaard, M. Pokorny, M. Rice, W. Reade, G. Shaffer, R. Yosten. [Link]
US Pat. 7,061,379, "RFID System and Method for Ensuring Safety of Hazardous or Dangerous Substances," issued June 13, 2006 to Fung-jou Chen, W. Reade, and J. D. Lindsay. [Link]
US Pat. 7,221,900, "Jamming Device Against RFID Smart Tag Systems," issued May 22, 2006 to W.C. Reade, D.L. Ellingson, and J. Lindsay. [Link]
US Pat. No 7,331,087, "Activatable fastening system and web having elevated regions and functional material members," issued February 19, 2008 to J. Lindasy, FJ Chen, T. Roessler, D. Ellingson, and W. Reade. [Link]
US Pat. No 7,380,213, "User Interface For Reporting Event-Based Production Information in Product Manufacturing," M. Pokorny, D. Barber, W. Hoo, C. Markham, J. Matheus, J. Mork, K. Nygaard, W. Reade, J. Stambuk. [Link]
Patents Pending
"RFID System and Method for Ensuring Food Safety," W.C. Reade and J.D. Lindsay, filed Nov. 21, 2002.
"RFID System and Method for Vending Machine Control," W.C. Reade and J.D. Lindsay, filed Nov. 21, 2002.
"RFID System and Method for Purchase Item Accountability," W.C. Reade and J.D. Lindsay, filed Nov. 21, 2002.
"Quality Management by Validating a Bill of Materials In Event-Based Product Manufacturing," C. Markham, D. Barber, A. Boyd, G. Goggans, J. Hise, S. Ihde, J. Lindsay, J. Meissner, J. Mork, K. Nygaard, S. Park, M. Pokorny, W. Reade, J. Reynders, G. Shaffer, R. Yosten, filed Nov. 27, 2002.
"Absorbent Webs Including Highly Textured Surface," F.-J. Chen, J.D. Lindsay, and W.C. Reade, Dec. 27, 2002.
"System and Method for Identifying Disposable Absorbent Products," R. Brumm, J. Cohen, D. Ellingson, A. Ellingson, B. Eppstein, S. Hu, J. Marvin , W. Reade, B. Ribble, E. Wagner, D. Westbrook, December 2003.
"RFID System and Method Managing Out-of-Stock Items," I. Schrodt, W.C. Reade, J.D. Lindsay, December 2003.
"Generating a Reliability Analysis By Identifying Causal Relationships Between Events In An Event-Based Manufacturing System," T. Bett, T. Ungpiyakul, W. Reade, M. Irwin, J, Cannady, and B. Bedebaugh, July 2004.
"A System and Method for Unfolding and Dispensing Diapers," J. Rice, W. Reade, D. Ellingson, R. Joch, B. Nelson, D. Nelson, J. Vitense, T. Clare, C. Warshall, and J. Vukos, Dec. 2004.
"Heating and Cooling Portable of Disposable Products with Micro-Fuel Cells," J. Lindsay, F.-J. Chen, and W. Reade