Manufacturing a product using causal models

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PATENT NO 12140938
APP PUB NO 20220163951A1
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Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a product. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a product, based on a causal model that measures causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of the product; ii) determining the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings, the causal model.

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3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYPO BOX 33427 ST PAUL MN 55133-3427

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Adolf, Jeffrey P Rochester, US 13 23
Arsenault, Frederick J Stillwater, US 42 47
Arthur, Jonathan B Hudson, US 30 128
Backes, Andreas Kaarst, DE 6 4
Barnett, Scott L Medina, US 3 55
Benoit, Gilles J Minneapolis, US 117 456
Brooks, Brian E St. Paul, US 83 686
Brown, Christopher M Cottage Grove, US 22 98
Casner, Glenn E Woodbury, US 46 489
Clemens, Timothy J Hastings, US 9 114
Dai, Miaoding Woodbury, US 3 1
Floeder, Steven P Shoreview, US 39 667
Hemes, Brett R Woodbury, US 23 27
Herbst, Nathan J Woodbury, US 15 12
Hughes, Carter C River Falls, US 3 1
Johnson, Nicholas A Burnsville, US 62 150
Kavanagh, Maureen A Marine on St. Croix, US 38 1104
Kirschhoffer, Jon A Stillwater, US 57 919
Moriarty, Gregory P Vadnais Heights, US 5 4
Mullins, Sarah M St. Paul, US 5 11
Nayar, Himanshu St. Paul, US 30 28
Nienaber, Aaron K Lake Elmo, US 82 412
Olson, Peter O Andover, US 25 18
Olson, Tyler W Woodbury, US 27 19
Orlando, Mark W Chesterfield Township, US 10 16
Sauer, Cory D Star Prairie, US 6 5
Schaeffer, Zachary M Maplewood, US 4 1
Schneider, Peter J Neuss, DE 11 202
Sjolund, Lori A Stillwater, US 9 8
Strey, Thomas J River Falls, US 14 9
Zimmerman, Patrick G Mendota Heights, US 24 910

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