Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Lain

Christopher M. Lain has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reverse engineering of integrated circuits
    Patent number: 6536018
    Abstract: Software and a method therein to analyze circuits. The software comprises several tools, each of which perform particular functions in the Reverse Engineering process. The analyst, through a standard interface, directs each tool to the portion of the task to which it is most well suited, rendering previously intractable problems solvable. The tools are generally used iteratively to produce a successively more abstract picture of a circuit, about which incomplete a priori knowledge exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Gregory H. Chisholm, Steven T. Eckmann, Christopher M. Lain, Robert L. Veroff