Manufacturing process simulation
CA 2274497 A1 · Owner: British Nuclear Fuels Plc · Inventors: Saunders, John Peter
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The present invention provides apparatus and a method for assessing the commercial and practical viability of a manufacturing process having a plurality of steps. The apparatus includes a computer programmed to simulate the process making use of performance and other data relating to some but not all of the steps. Physical equipment carries out at least one step when required by the computer and display means displays data relating to the results of the simulation.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 3, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 3, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 3, 2019.
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