Patents by Inventor Thad Clay McCracken

Thad Clay McCracken 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 implementing electronic design entry
    Patent number: 8095898
    Abstract: Disclosed are improved approaches for implementing design entry. An efficient, spread-sheet based representation is provided for both the instances and connections in a design. Visualization techniques provide the user with visual cues, to direct and identify compatible connection points, unconnected instances, and contention situations. Techniques are disclosed to automatically filter the spreadsheet in a variety of ways, to help the user to dynamically hide portions of the design space that are not interesting at a particular time, and thus to improve the efficiency with which they can work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ping-Chih Wu, Lung-Chun Liu, Wei-Jin Dai, Thad Clay McCracken