Patents by Inventor Michael Amundsen

Michael Amundsen 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).

  • Method and apparatus for aiding system design
    Patent number: 5357440
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for aiding system design with a computer. The system is decomposed into a plurality of objects. The objects may have a parent-child hierarchical relationship wherein one or more of the child objects each define a portion of a parent object. A plurality of text files are generated. Information links may be generated between the objects and the text files on a plurality of different hierarchical levels, so that each object is associable with multiple ones of the text files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Marvin T. Talbott, Henry L. Burks, Richard W. Shaw, Michael Amundsen, Katherine K. Hutchison, Donald D. Strasburg