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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:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Ruven E. Brooks, Shorewood, WI (US);
David W. Grooms, Delafield, WI (US);
Inventors:
Ruven E. Brooks, Shorewood, WI (US);
David W. Grooms, Delafield, WI (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G21C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying sections of an existing schematic that are consistent with best design practices, the method comprising the steps of providing a template set, each template specifying a sub-set of components and relationships that are consistent with best design practices and examining the existing schematic to identify sections of the existing schematic that are inconsistent with the best design practices specified in the template set.