Patents by Inventor Jim Edward Newton

Jim Edward Newton 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).

  • Encapsulating parameterized cells (pcells)
    Patent number: 7293247
    Abstract: A method for encoding elements of an electronic design generates a flattened hierarchy of a parameterized cell of the electronic design, selects common and unique parameters of each element in the parameterized cell, and generates a physical design quantization characteristic value from the selected common and unique parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Edward Newton, Christian Scheiba