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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:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2007
Bruce Archambeault, Four Oaks, NC (US);
Thaddeus Chen, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Michelle K Cook, Georgetown, TX (US);
Charles R Gates, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Derrick D Scott, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bruce Archambeault, Four Oaks, NC (US);
Thaddeus Chen, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Michelle K Cook, Georgetown, TX (US);
Charles R Gates, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Derrick D Scott, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Existing text output from a design rule checker is put in appropriate input format, and automatically displayed as text within a design tool using existing design tool capabilities, such as highlighting, zooming, and drawing box-regions. A graphical display of the output of the rule checker includes the informative text. Design rule violations are listed in a manner in which they can be individually selected. The output is displayed on a unique software program layer within the design tool so as to not effect or make any permanent changes to the original design file. The layers can be safely deleted when no longer in use.