Patents by Inventor Michelle K. Cook

Michelle K. Cook 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 system for creating, viewing, editing, and sharing output from a design checking system
    Patent number: 7921390
    Abstract: Existing text output from a design rule checker is put in appropriate input format, and automatically displayed as text within a design tool using existing design tool capabilities, such as highlighting, zooming, and drawing box-regions. A graphical display of the output of the rule checker includes the informative text. Design rule violations are listed in a manner in which they can be individually selected. The output is displayed on a unique software program layer within the design tool so as to not effect or make any permanent changes to the original design file. The layers can be safely deleted when no longer in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Archambeault, Thaddeus Chen, Michelle K Cook, Charles R Gates, Derrick D Scott
  • Method and system for creating, viewing, editing, and sharing output from a design checking system
    Patent number: 7315990
    Abstract: Existing text output from a design rule checker is put in appropriate input format, and automatically displayed as text within a design tool using existing design tool capabilities, such as highlighting, zooming, and drawing box-regions. A graphical display of the output of the rule checker includes the informative text. Design rule violations are listed in a manner in which they can be individually selected. The output is displayed on a unique software program layer within the design tool so as to not effect or make any permanent changes to the original design file. The layers can be safely deleted when no longer in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Archambeault, Thaddeus Chen, Michelle K. Cook, Charles R. Gates, Derrick D. Scott
  • Method, system and program product for evaluating a circuit
    Patent number: 7240310
    Abstract: An improved solution for designing and/or evaluating a circuit is provided. A rule violation can be detected in design data for the circuit and a prediction can be generated based on an adjustment to the design data. For example, multiple predictions can be generated based on an adjustment window for an adjustable parameter in the design data. The predictions can be displayed to a user, who can determine a desired modification to the design data. The modification can be implemented by the user and/or automatically implemented by a circuit design tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michelle K. Cook, Bruce R. Archambeault, Charles R. Gates, Derrick D. Scott