Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Stephen Piche

56Patents
26h-index
25Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: May 6, 1996 → Sep 27, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6278899A Method for on-line optimization of a plant Physics 220 Expired
US6047221A Method for steady-state identification based upon identified dynamics Physics 158 Expired
US6725208B1 Bayesian neural networks for optimization and control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 116 Expired
US5933345A Method and apparatus for dynamic and steady state modeling over a desired path between two end points Physics 100 Expired
US6381504B1 Method for optimizing a plant with multiple inputs Physics 88 Expired
US7050866B2 Dynamic controller for controlling a system Physics 72 Expired
US6487459B1 Method and apparatus for modeling dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control and optimization Physics 69 Expired
US7610108B2 Method and apparatus for attenuating error in dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control, and optimization Physics 65 Active
US7058617B1 Method and apparatus for training a system model with gain constraints Physics 58 Expired
US7117046B2 Cascaded control of an average value of a process parameter to a desired value Performing Operations; Transporting 55 Expired
US7113835B2 Control of rolling or moving average values of air pollution control emissions to a desired value Physics 54 Expired
US6438430B1 Kiln thermal and combustion control Physics 53 Expired
US7599750B2 Model based sequential optimization of a single or multiple power generating units Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Active
US7844351B2 Model based optimization of multiple power generating units Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Active
US7522963B2 Optimized air pollution control Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Active
US7698004B2 APC process control when process parameters are inaccurately measured Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US7323036B2 Maximizing regulatory credits in controlling air pollution Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US6735483B2 Method and apparatus for controlling a non-linear mill Physics 34 Expired
US6493596B1 Method and apparatus for controlling a non-linear mill Physics 31 Expired
US6738677B2 Method and apparatus for modeling dynamic and steady-state processes for prediction, control and optimization Physics 31 Expired
US7536232B2 Model predictive control of air pollution control processes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US6950711B2 Method for optimizing a plant with multiple inputs Physics 29 Expired
US7702519B2 Estimating an economic parameter related to a process for controlling emission of a pollutant into the air Physics 29 Active
US7860586B2 Process parameter estimation in controlling emission of a non-particulate pollutant into the air Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US7862771B2 APC process parameter estimation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.