Patents by Inventor Paul D. Tindall

Paul D. Tindall 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).

  • Component placement
    Patent number: 5933349
    Abstract: The placement of components on a circuit board may be controlled automatically by creating a group containing two or more types of components to be placed on the circuit board and by developing a placement path by which any component within the group may be placed on the circuit board at any point along the placement path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander S. Dalgleish, Paul D. Tindall