Mark D Everson

6847944, Jan 25, 2005

Mar 31, 2000

09/540368

Dennis Alan Tosh - Taylor MI, US
Mark Paul Everson - Canton MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

G06F 1760

705 36, 705 35, 705 37

A method of evaluating long-term average portfolio risk and return for a cyclical corporation includes the steps of obtaining historical pricing information for financial instruments used for a relevant historical period and dividing the relevant historical period up into time segments. The method also includes calculating a gain or loss for each financial instrument in a portfolio for the time segments over the relevant historical period and obtaining actual cash level for each time segment and dividing up the actual cash level of the corporation between asset classes to determine what the portfolio is invested in. The method further includes the steps of determining an average return and risk for a typical one of the time segments over the historical period and using an optimization framework to pick out the most efficient portfolios in risk versus return.

6938010, Aug 30, 2005

Mar 22, 2000

09/532560

Mark Paul Everson - Canton MI, US
Christophe G. Mangin - Ann Arbor MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

G06F017/60

705 36, 705 35

A method is provided of optimizing both market and institutional risks in foreign currency exchange hedging. The method includes the steps of selecting a VaR calculator and determining an optimization procedure to be used. The method also includes the steps of using the VaR calculator and the optimization procedure to determine an efficient frontier line and choosing trade-offs between institutional risk and market risk of losses.

58781536, Mar 2, 1999

Sep 9, 1996

8/709947

Michelle Jarmilla Mikulec - Dearborn MI
John Xiaoyang Li - Sterling Heights MI
Mark Paul Everson - Canton MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

G06K 900

382108

A method for monitoring process parameters in a multiple step process for an article molded from a plastic material containing at least two constituents to determine propensity for adhesion of a subsequently applied coating includes imaging at least one region of the article to examine surface morphology and analyzing the surface morphology to identify one of the constituents. In a preferred embodiment, the method is applied to monitor a manufacturing process for a molded plastic bumper to determine adhesion propensity of a subsequently applied adhesion promoter or paint based on surface morphology of the component. Analysis of the surface morphology includes identifying the presence of rubber globules near the surface layer or skin.

54879140, Jan 30, 1996

Oct 3, 1994

8/316744

John L. Gerlock - Dearborn MI
Mark P. Everson - Canton MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

B05D 362
B05D 310
B32B 3500

427140

This invention is a method for providing ultraviolet light absorbers into a cured polymeric material such as paint which comprises the steps of providing a coating of a composition comprising ultraviolet light absorber (UVA) on the polymeric material and heating the UVA containing coating to an elevated temperature for a time sufficient to cause the UVA to diffuse into the cured polymeric material.