Inventor · Saint Albans, VT, US

Michael S. Gray

25Patents

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41Co-inventors

69Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 12, 1999 → Aug 13, 2021

Most-cited inventions

Patent	Title	Area	Cited by	Status
US7484197B2	Minimum layout perturbation-based artwork legalization with grid constraints for hierarchical designs	Physics	199	Active
US7503020B2	IC layout optimization to improve yield	Physics	107	Active
US9158885B1	Reducing color conflicts in triple patterning lithography	Physics	36	Active
US6013225A	Surface densification of machine components made by powder metallurgy	Chemistry; Metallurgy	18	Expired
US7062729B2	Method and system for obtaining a feasible integer solution from a half-integer solution in hierarchical circuit layout optimization	Physics	9	Expired
US7260790B2	Integrated circuit yield enhancement using Voronoi diagrams	Physics	9	Expired
US7761818B2	Obtaining a feasible integer solution in a hierarchical circuit layout optimization	Physics	8	Active
US8302062B2	Methods to obtain a feasible integer solution in a hierarchical circuit layout optimization	Physics	6	Active
US7895562B2	Adaptive weighting method for layout optimization with multiple priorities	Physics	5	Active
US7117456B2	Circuit area minimization using scaling	Physics	5	Expired
US7735042B2	Context aware sub-circuit layout modification	Physics	4	Active
US8296706B2	Handling two-dimensional constraints in integrated circuit layout	Physics	4	Active
US7120887B2	Cloned and original circuit shape merging	Physics	4	Expired
US7490308B2	Method for implementing overlay-based modification of VLSI design layout	Physics	4	Active
US7865848B2	Layout optimization using parameterized cells	Physics	2	Active
US9971861B2	Selective boundary overlay insertion for hierarchical circuit design	Physics	2	Active
US7818694B2	IC layout optimization to improve yield	Physics	2	Active
US8555229B2	Parallel solving of layout optimization	Physics	1	Active
US11308257B1	Stacked via rivets in chip hotspots	Physics	1	Active
US10885260B1	Fin-based fill cell optimization	Physics	1	Active
US11822867B2	Hierarchical color decomposition of process layers with shape and orientation requirements	Physics	0	Active
US12112114B2	Hierarchical color decomposition of library cells with boundary-aware color selection	Physics	0	Active
US8448124B2	Post timing layout modification for performance	Physics	0	Active
US12138634B2	Mill liner, coupling tool and method of removal of a mill liner	Performing Operations; Transporting	0	Active
US11055465B2	Fill techniques for avoiding Boolean DRC failures during cell placement	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	0	Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.