Richard C Stephens

US Patent:

20060041448, Feb 23, 2006

Filed:

Aug 16, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/204160

Inventors:

Robbie Patterson - Potomac MD, US
Richard Stephens - Silver Spring MD, US
Richard Walker - Waldorf MD, US

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705001000

Abstract:

The invention: involves a unique set of mass production process and evaluation tools to reappraise intricate otherwise costly products to produce or reproduce and manufacture them best in a high cost of living society and low cost of living society. The techniques described here are to specifically bring back a legacy kitchen aids tools, products and other such devices like (The Gilhoolie renamed the WiliGrip™). “The Wili Grip” is a perfect example of intricate craftsmanship that was possible to make when labor was inexpensive in the United States and other industrial countries but has become more difficult to reproduce or compete without inexpensive labor. The invention teaches a variety of metal fabrication production techniques designed to provide technically advanced nations like the US a competitive set of modalities to maintain jobs domestically and compete with low cost labor operations world wide. The production technologies are not limited to aiding industrialized countries, but also presented to teach world leaders, commercial interests and societies how to plan the best use of their assets and technology to proficiently develop competitive commercial product progressively and reduce negative environmental and socio economic impacts, due to gaps in production technology.

US Patent:

52950697, Mar 15, 1994

Filed:

Jun 5, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/710638

Inventors:

Ian L. Hersey - Bethesda MD
Richard L. Stephens - Gaithersburg MD
Anthony Zamora - Chevy Chase MD

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1540

US Classification:

36441917

Abstract:

The hierarchy of the hyphenation points in a word is considered and the amount of space remaining in the line where the hyphenated word is to fit is determined, thus selecting the best hyphenation point for the word. Instead of selecting the last possible hyphen within the hot zone, the hot zone is scanned to find hyphenation points that may be better than the last hyphen within the hot zone. The higher a hyphenation point is in the hierarchy, the more preferred is the hyphen.