Patents by Inventor Michael K. Engh

Michael K. Engh 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 selectively providing hierarchy to a circuit design
    Patent number: 6718520
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selectively providing hierarchy to a circuit design. The present invention contemplates providing a number of hierarchical statements in a description of a circuit design, wherein the syntax of the hierarchical statements allows the hierarchical statements to be visible when providing a first representation of the circuit design and effectively invisible when providing a second representation of the circuit design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Merryman, Ted G. Lautzenheiser, Michael K. Engh