Patents by Inventor Neil Gay

Neil Gay 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).

  • Publication number: 20240104282
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for bit flip aware latch placement in integrated circuit generation are provided. The method identifies a chip design for an integrated circuit. A set of chip design constraints, associated with the chip design, is identified. A set of checking groups, associated with a plurality of latches to be placed in the chip design, is determined. Based on the set of chip design constraints and the set of checking groups, a placement scheme for the plurality of latches is selected. The method places the plurality of latches within the chip design based on the placement scheme and the set of checking groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Neil Trombley, Chung-Lung K. Shum, Paul G. Villarrubia, K. Paul Muller, Michael Hemsley Wood, Daniel Arthur Gay, Hua Xiang, Karl Evan Smock Anderson, Erica Stuecheli, Michael Alexander Bowen, Randall J. Darden
  • Patent number: 4113213
    Abstract: An improved mail box support device comprised of an arm having a first and second end with means to support a mail box at the first end thereof and having means at its second end to be rotatably mounted on a shaft supported on a post, the arm being bent at an angle near its second end and the shaft extending from the post at the same angle as the arm is bent so that when the mail box is struck by a moving object, it rotates out of the moving object's path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Inventors: Guy R. Gay, Neil Gay