Patented geometry technology
IntegrityWare leadership patents
Sixteen issued U.S. patents name Gary Crocker as an inventor, including fourteen assigned to IntegrityWare, Inc. The page also lists verified Autodesk patents naming President David Gill. The portfolio covers geometric modeling, subdivision surfaces, retopology, object editing, CAD identifiers, and design documentation.
14 issued patents
IntegrityWare patents
These public patent records list IntegrityWare, Inc. as the assignee. Unless otherwise noted, Gary Crocker is identified as the sole inventor.
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1. US 8,810,571
Methods and systems for generating continuous surfaces from polygonal data
- Issued:
- August 19, 2014
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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2. US 8,990,050
Systems and methods of updating graphical objects
- Issued:
- March 24, 2015
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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3. US 8,994,724
Methods and systems for generating continuous surfaces from polygonal data
- Issued:
- March 31, 2015
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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4. US 9,013,480
Methods and systems for generating and editing surfaces
- Issued:
- April 21, 2015
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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5. US 9,047,704
Method for filleting 3D mesh edges by subdivision
- Issued:
- June 2, 2015
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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6. US 9,292,970
Systems and methods of retopologizing graphical data
- Issued:
- March 22, 2016
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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7. US 9,501,868
Methods and systems for generating and editing surfaces
- Issued:
- November 22, 2016
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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8. US 9,563,340
Object manipulator and method of object manipulation
- Issued:
- February 7, 2017
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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9. US 9,639,992
Methods and systems for multilevel editing of subdivided polygonal data
- Issued:
- May 2, 2017
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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10. US 9,691,186
Constraint of a subdivided model
- Issued:
- June 27, 2017
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker, Wei-en Ting
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11. US 9,984,503
Systems and methods of updating graphical objects
- Issued:
- May 29, 2018
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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12. US 11,615,590
Methods and systems for generating surfaces from polygonal data
- Issued:
- March 28, 2023
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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13. US 12,511,833
Methods and systems for generating surfaces from polygonal data
- Issued:
- December 30, 2025
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
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14. US 12,511,836
Object shelling and hollowing
- Issued:
- December 30, 2025
- Assignee:
- IntegrityWare, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker
Verified patent publications
David Gill patents
These public records list Autodesk, Inc. as the assignee and name David L. Gill as an inventor. Three patents issued; two are independent inventions. U.S. Patent 6,950,113 is a continuation of the mechanical-design identifier patent and is not a third independent invention.
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1. US 6,285,369
Electronic notebook for maintaining design information
- Filed:
- May 12, 1998
- Issued:
- September 4, 2001
- Assignee:
- Autodesk, Inc.
- Inventors:
- Robert L. Kross, Amy B. Wagreich, Guri A. Stark, David L. Gill, David G. Comfort, William E. Bogan
An integrated electronic design notebook that records design information, intent, and history. It can copy portions of a design into notes and retain changing or dynamically linked design information.
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2. US 6,496,195
Method and apparatus for automatically displaying and manipulating identifiers of a mechanical design
- Filed:
- January 31, 2000
- Issued:
- December 17, 2002
- Assignee:
- Autodesk, Inc.
- Inventors:
- David L. Gill, William E. Bogan, Kanan Lozon
Automatically creates and arranges identifiers for geometry visible in a mechanical drawing. In practical CAD terminology, it covers automated drawing callout or balloon placement, grouping, leader placement, and interactive rearrangement.
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3. US 6,950,113
Method and apparatus for automatically displaying and manipulating identifiers of a mechanical design
- Filed:
- November 1, 2002
- Publication:
- US 2003/0122849 A1; July 3, 2003
- Issued:
- September 27, 2005
- Assignee:
- Autodesk, Inc.
- Inventors:
- David L. Gill, William E. Bogan, Kanan Lozon
A continuation of the earlier identifier patent, with claims involving generating, ordering, grouping, placing, and interactively manipulating identifiers around a drawing-view boundary.
This is a continuation of U.S. Patent 6,496,195 and should not be counted as a third independent invention.
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Earlier work
Computervision patents
These earlier issued patents name Gary Crocker as an inventor and list Computervision Corporation as the assignee.
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1. US 5,561,747
Boundary evaluation in non-manifold environment
- Issued:
- October 1, 1996
- Assignee:
- Computervision Corporation
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker, Kevin Weiler, William Reinke
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2. US 5,655,063
Topology based tolerancing for geometric modeling operations
- Issued:
- August 5, 1997
- Assignee:
- Computervision Corporation
- Inventors:
- Gary A. Crocker