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David K. Smith — 10 Patents

ACAmerican Power Conversion: 3 patents #86 of 274Top 35%
3M: 3 patents #4,239 of 11,543Top 40%
ACAstra Co.: 3 patents #82 of 446Top 20%
RLRiker Laboratories: 1 patents #35 of 61Top 60%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
David K. Smith has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in July 2011. David K. Smith ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list David K. Smith in Loughborough, MN, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2011Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1997.peak 21991: 1 patents19911994: 1 patents19941996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents19971998: 1 patents19982000: 1 patents20002006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents20082011: 1 patents2011

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7986224 Environmental monitoring device Ryan Joy, Michael Primm, Ronald Graczyk, Boyd E. Slade 2011-07-26
7456733 Environmental monitoring device Ryan Joy, Michael Primm, Ronald Graczyk, Boyd E. Slade 2008-11-25
7148796 Environmental monitoring device Ryan Joy, Michael Primm, Ronald Graczyk, Boyd E. Slade 2006-12-12 $50,199,000
6012454 Dry powder inhalation device Peter D. Hodson, Anthony C. L. Wass 2000-01-11 $26,243,000
5740793 Dry powder inhalation device with elongate carrier for power Peter D. Hodson, David J. Velasquez, Anthony C. L. Wass, Clyde D. Calhoun 1998-04-21
5655523 Dry powder inhalation device having deagglomeration/aerosolization structure responsive to patient inhalation Peter D. Hodson, Anthony C. L. Wass 1997-08-12 $18,597,000
5619984 Dry powder inhalation device having a powder-loaded elongate carrier Peter D. Hodson, David J. Velasquez, Anthony C. L. Wass 1997-04-15
5482032 Dry powder inhalers Peter D. Hodson, Anthony C. L. Wass 1996-01-09
5347998 Breath actuated inhaler having an electromechanical priming mechanism Peter D. Hodson, Eric A. Baum, Anton Kuepper, Matthew J. Wilby 1994-09-20 $10,099,000
5069204 Inhaler Anthony C. L. Wass 1991-12-03 $9,925,000