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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John S Adams, Colchester, VT (US);
Grant L Clarke, Jr, Jericho, VT (US);
Kenneth J Goodnow, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Scott W Gould, So. Burlington, VT (US);
Sebastian T Ventrone, So. Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
716 17 ; 257208 ;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a base macro, with fixed timing, surrounded by, and connected to, at least one selectable feature macro. The features of the apparatus may be selectively provided by connecting one or more of the selectable feature macros to the base macro.