Inventor · Columbia, MD, US

David C. Smith

20Patents
10h-index
30Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 29, 1982 → Apr 3, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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

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