Patents by Inventor Philip Norman SMITH

Philip Norman SMITH 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: 20230381379
    Abstract: A void occlusion implant (10) for inserting into a void in a body tissue, the implant (10) comprises a polymeric material which is capable of transitioning from a compressed state to an expanded state upon exposure to a stimulus, wherein in the expanded state the implant is capable of assuming the size and shape of the void and wherein the implant (10) exhibits a peak expansion force of 0.1 to 2N at 37° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew NAYLOR, Andrew Peter DOVE, Philip Norman SMITH
  • Publication number: 20120198399
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and computer program for determining constraint errors in hardware design debugging. The invention may be included as part of a complete verification solution. The method involves applying a diagnostic technique such that under-constrained problems are identified by adding a model-free error suspect or error candidate on the primary input signals (or other signals where constraints or stimuli are usually added). The present invention also provides a system, method and computer program that enables hardware design correction, consisting of the use of generating correction waveforms for identifying one or more corrections at the gate level and/or logic level of the hardware design. A number of different diagnostic techniques can be used in this way for example, include simulation-based techniques, BDD-based techniques, SAT-based techniques and path tracing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Sean Arash Safarpour, Duncan Philip Norman Smith, Yu-Shen Yang, Andreas Veneris