David C. Smith
20Patents
10h-index
30Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 29, 1982 → Apr 3, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4815003A | Structured design method for high density standard cell and macrocell layout of VLSI chips | Physics | 159 | Expired |
| US4811237A | Structured design method for generating a mesh power bus structure in high density layout of VLSI chips | Physics | 125 | Expired |
| US4613941A | Routing method in computer aided customization of a two level automated universal array | Physics | 97 | Expired |
| US4500963A | Automatic layout program for hybrid microcircuits (HYPAR) | Physics | 65 | Expired |
| US4686629A | Logic cell placement method in computer-aided-customization of universal arrays and resulting integrated circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US4636965A | Routing method in computer-aided-customization of universal arrays and resulting integrated circuit | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US6891536B2 | Method of determining active priorities | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US7938075B1 | Automated seed detection and planting synchronization apparatus, method and system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Active |
| US6212989A | High pressure, high temperature window assembly and method of making the same | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 22 | Expired |
| US7583397B2 | Method for generating a display list | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US7975632B2 | Seed planter | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| US4962556A | Lightweight, collapsible bridge module, and system with deployment and retrieval trailer | Fixed Constructions | 6 | Expired |
| US7454337B1 | Method of modeling single data class from multi-class data | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US7286142B2 | System and method for optimising halftoning printer performance | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US8705118B2 | Threshold-based load balancing printing system | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7477265B2 | System and method for optimising halftoning printer performance | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7755629B2 | Method of rendering graphic objects | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US8638470B2 | Efficient banded hybrid rendering | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US12423017B2 | System and method for performing and verifying data erasure | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US8938118B1 | Method of neighbor embedding for OCR enhancement | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.