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Terry L. Smith — 135 Patents

3M: 119 patents #18 of 11,543Top 1%
PUPutzmeister: 2 patents #10 of 45Top 25%
TCThe University Of Chicago: 1 patents #530 of 1,377Top 40%
UAUchicago Argonne: 1 patents #458 of 1,009Top 50%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
MTMonsanto Technology: 1 patents #1,973 of 1,657Top 120%
Harris: 1 patents #1,521 of 2,461Top 65%
Roseville, MN: #4 of 611 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #99 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #7,754 of 4,157,543Top 1%
135 Patents All Time
Terry L. Smith has been granted 135 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in December 2024. Terry L. Smith ranks #7,754 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.19%). Patent records list Terry L. Smith in Roseville, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 135 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12169310 Stackable optical ferrule and connector using same Michael A. Haase 2024-12-17 $93,454,000
12061363 Configurable optical connector Daniel F. Cronch, Sergio D. Carranza, Boon K. Lee, Michael A. Haase 2024-08-13 $105,933,000
12032212 Ferrules, alignment frames and connectors Alexander A. Mathews, Michael A. Haase 2024-07-09 $31,621,000
11934019 Dust mitigating optical connector James M. Nelson, Michael A. Haase 2024-03-19 $27,219,000
11906789 Optical waveguide positioning feature in a multiple waveguides connector Michael A. Haase 2024-02-20 $18,053,000
11906786 Light coupling element and assembly Michael A. Haase, Bing Hao, Changbao Ma 2024-02-20 $18,053,000
11880072 Optical ferrules with waveguide inaccessible space Michael A. Haase, Bing Hao, Changbao Ma 2024-01-23 $23,666,000
11874508 Optical ferrules and optical ferrule molds Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, James M. Nelson 2024-01-16 $51,113,000
11874510 Optical assembly with cable retainer Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, James M. Nelson 2024-01-16 $51,113,000
11726265 Optical waveguide with spatially modulated index region Bing Hao, Michael A. Haase 2023-08-15 $24,406,000
11719889 Optical connector Michael A. Haase, Barry J. Koch, Ding Wang, Alexander R. Mathews 2023-08-08 $78,045,000
11592622 Light coupling element and assembly Michael A. Haase, Bing Hao, Changbao Ma 2023-02-28 $56,077,000
11585990 Stackable optical ferrule and connector using same Michael A. Haase 2023-02-21 $25,268,000
11579375 Optical ferrules and optical ferrule molds Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, James M. Nelson 2023-02-14 $28,762,000
11573377 Optical waveguide positioning feature in a multiple waveguides connector Michael A. Haase 2023-02-07 $48,331,000
11520110 Optical device Michael A. Haase, James M. Nelson 2022-12-06 $40,739,000
11428872 Optical connector Barry S. Carpenter, Takayuki Hayauchi 2022-08-30 $66,638,000
11402586 Light coupling element and assembly Michael A. Haase, Bing Hao, Changbao Ma 2022-08-02 $49,116,000
11397297 Optical assembly with cable retainer Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, James M. Nelson 2022-07-26 $64,643,000
11327244 Optical ferrules and optical ferrule molds Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, James M. Nelson 2022-05-10 $17,670,000
11320603 Optical coupling device with waveguide assisted registration Alexander R. Mathews 2022-05-03 $39,087,000
11307362 Optical ferrules with waveguide inaccessible space Michael A. Haase, Bing Hao, Changbao Ma 2022-04-19 $33,817,000
11215764 Configurable modular connectors Michael A. Haase, James M. Nelson, Alexander R. Mathews 2022-01-04 $86,730,000
11163122 Optical ferrule Michael A. Haase, James M. Nelson 2021-11-02 $54,104,000
11150416 Dust mitigating optical connector James M. Nelson, Michael A. Haase 2021-10-19 $83,094,000