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Brian Smith — 23 Patents

3M: 4 patents #3,453 of 11,543Top 30%
LOLumentum Operations: 4 patents #52 of 299Top 20%
LILexmark International: 3 patents #642 of 1,615Top 40%
BABallogy: 1 patents #57 of 101Top 60%
KIKeithley Instruments: 1 patents #36 of 82Top 45%
PTPips Technology: 1 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
WLWesterngeco L.L.C.: 1 patents #231 of 486Top 50%
INIntuit: 1 patents #1,256 of 2,496Top 55%
NONovatel: 1 patents #30 of 68Top 45%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Brian Smith has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in December 2025. Brian Smith ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Brian Smith in Myrtle Bank, ON, AU.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12498414 Unified measurement system for static and dynamic characterization of a device under test Gregory Sobolewski, Jeffrey J. Trgovich, James D. Bucci 2025-12-16
12203653 Gas burner for cooking appliances Stephen John Thornton 2025-01-21
12050243 Safety container for high power device testing over a range of temperatures Aaron Ferguson, James D. Bucci, Gregory Sobolewski, Jeffrey J. Trgovich 2024-07-30
11764536 Optical amplifier for multiple bands Ali SALEHIOMRAN, Michael Demerchant, Peter David Roorda 2023-09-19
11403652 Customer-level lifetime value Aaron Growitz 2022-08-02 $191,000,000
10657809 Automatic learning for vehicle classification Stephanie R. Schumacher 2020-05-19 $34,552,000
10476624 Colorless, directionless, contentionless optical network using MXN wavelength selective switches Paul Colbourne 2019-11-12
9941955 Optical network monitoring and protection using a phased array switching engine Ian Breukelaar, Yi Liang, Shane H. Woodside, Barrie Keyworth, Wayne Bonnet +2 more 2018-04-10
9866315 Super-channel multiplexing and de-multiplexing using a phased array switching engine Barrie Keyworth, John Michael Miller, Andrew Parks, Dan Burke, Peter David Roorda +1 more 2018-01-09
9727933 System for providing three-dimensional reserve studies to common interest development owners and management 2017-08-08
9641806 Average speed detection with flash illumination 2017-05-02 $24,934,000
8964031 Method and system for measuring the speed of a vehicle Alan Clucas 2015-02-24 $23,460,000
8934013 Video camera and event detection system 2015-01-13 $20,882,000
8837256 Subterranean survey communication system and technique 2014-09-16
8189048 Vehicle speed monitoring system 2012-05-29
D656124 Audio device Kamlesh Prajapati, Martin Geoffrey Aston, Neil Munns, Christopher Tiler 2012-03-20
7258434 Inkjet printheads having multiple label placement positions for air diffusion vents David Emerson Greer, Sara M. Coneway 2007-08-21 $3,181,000
7123187 Technique for determining relative yaw using phase windup Kim Deimert 2006-10-17 $3,410,000
6692107 Ink cartridge body and carrier assembly Michael David Lattuca, James Philip Harden, Larry Steven Foster, Frank Hughes, Darren Wayne Tosh +7 more 2004-02-17 $39,095,000
6536872 Connection module Richard Louis Goin, Steven R. Komplin, Brandon Sung-Hwan Song 2003-03-25 $23,758,000
4839474 Switches and keyboards Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst 1989-06-13
4675832 Visual display logic simulation system Gordon D. Robinson 1987-06-23 $2,870,000
4634818 Switches and keyboards Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst 1987-01-06