Reverse engineering, also called backwards engineering or back engineering, is the process by which an artificial object is deconstructed to reveal its designs, architecture, code, or to extract knowledge from the object.

Reverse engineering is the process of duplicating an existing component, subassembly, or product without having the original drawings, documentation, or computer models. … Reverse engineering can be useful in situations where you need to: Identify an assembly’s components and their interrelationships.

For example, when a new machine comes to market, competing manufacturers may buy one machine and disassemble it to learn how it was built and how it works. A chemical company may use reverse engineering to defeat a patent on a competitor’s manufacturing process.

You can’t use the reverse-engineering process to “discover” and duplicate a patented invention. … Finally, you can’t through reverse engineering simply duplicate a product that is protected by a trademark or otherwise market a product so identical that the public would be confused about its source.

Reverse engineering is a process that examines an existing product to determine detailed information and specifications in order to learn how it was made and how it works. For mechanical assemblies, this typically involves disassembly and then analyzing, measuring and documenting the parts.

Reverse engineering (or sometimes back-engineering) is a process that is designed to extract enough data from a product and then to be able to reproduce that product. It may involve moving to creating a product from scratch or from pre-developed components.

To break down & analyze objects in detail, & to understand the object in detail.

Four types of Reverse Engineering (RE) in semiconductor-based products

Product teardowns.

System Level Analysis.

Process analysis.

Circuit extraction.

Reverse engineering is the design process in which a product is analyzed or recreated using a physical part as a starting point. During the design process for a new product, modeling can be used in order to test, evaluate and validate the conceptual design.

If the object you want to reverse engineer is patented, you will have some limitations. It cannot be reverse-engineered for duplication purposes. This means if you want to recreate a part for your machine, it’s illegal if that part has a patent, and you don’t have permission from the patent owner.