US 11,810,207 B2
Systems for volume manufacturing of items
Artem Borovinskih, Moscow (RU); Qinghui Lu, San Jose, CA (US); Maneesh Dhagat, San Jose, CA (US); Shiva P. Sambu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Evgeny Timofeyev, Cheboksary (RU); Dmitry Sultanov, Moscow (RU); Anton Spiridonov, Moscow (RU); Ivan Ionov, Moscow (RU); Sergey Nikolskiy, Moscow (RU); Vasily Ivanov, Moscow (RU); and Alexey Vishnevskiy, Moscow (RU)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/154,567.
Application 17/313,941 is a division of application No. 16/371,479, filed on Apr. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,004,159, issued on May 11, 2021.
Application 16/371,479 is a division of application No. 15/611,593, filed on Jun. 1, 2017, granted, now 10,255,407, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Application 13/085,079 is a division of application No. 11/681,615, filed on Mar. 2, 2007, granted, now 7,957,824, issued on Jun. 7, 2011.
Application 18/154,567 is a continuation of application No. 17/313,941, filed on May 6, 2021, granted, now 11,610,274.
Application 15/611,593 is a continuation of application No. 13/085,079, filed on Apr. 12, 2011, granted, now 9,691,110, issued on Jun. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0153927 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC G06Q 50/04 (2013.01) [B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); Y02P 90/30 (2015.11)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fabrication system comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory operably coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the fabrication system to perform operations comprising:
(a) initiating a predefined fabrication processing time period;
(b) retrieving a fabrication data package, wherein the fabrication data package comprises manufacturing data;
(c) verifying the manufacturing data of the fabrication data package;
(d) transmitting the fabrication data package to at least one fabrication terminal, wherein the at least one fabrication terminal is configured to perform at least one fabrication process in accordance with the manufacturing data of the fabrication data package;
(e) if the predefined fabrication processing time period has not expired,
determining a process load associated with at least one additional fabrication data package, and
repeating (b) through (d) for the at least one additional fabrication data package if the process load of the at least one additional fabrication data package is less than a predetermined process load of the fabrication system; and
(f) if the predefined fabrication processing time period has expired, generating a status report.