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Aaron C. Smith — 25 Patents

ACAcromed: 4 patents #8 of 40Top 20%
WTWright Medical Technology: 3 patents #89 of 254Top 40%
OMOmniprobe: 3 patents #7 of 12Top 60%
DODepuy Orthopaedics: 2 patents #52 of 186Top 30%
ZSZimmer Spine: 2 patents #96 of 192Top 50%
ISInternational Life Sciences: 2 patents #3 of 5Top 60%
BUBoise State University: 2 patents #16 of 111Top 15%
Medtronic: 1 patents #5,903 of 6,367Top 95%
ATAgilent Technologies: 1 patents #1,723 of 3,411Top 55%
DADepuy Acromed: 1 patents #50 of 135Top 40%
Honda Motor Co.: 1 patents #12,035 of 21,052Top 60%
HLHrl Laboratories: 1 patents #490 of 709Top 70%
Marietta, GA: #66 of 2,233 inventorsTop 3%
Georgia: #1,018 of 35,610 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Aaron C. Smith has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Acromed. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in March 2025. Aaron C. Smith ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Aaron C. Smith in Marietta, GA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1998.peak 31997: 1 patents19971998: 3 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 2 patents2002: 1 patents20022009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12251301 Eyelet interference screw and methods of use Chase Thornburg, Jantzen Cole 2025-03-18
11786897 Inert apparatus for microfluidic motion using magnetic shape memory material Peter Mullner, Geoffrey Johnston, Andrew Armstrong 2023-10-17
D921479 Eyelet interference screw Chase Thornburg, Jantzen Cole 2021-06-08
10615764 Tunable pink noise generator with no low frequency cutoff Daniel S. Matic, Seth T. Merkel 2020-04-07
9534585 System using natural resources to generate electricity from a pressurized fluid 2017-01-03
9451971 Intramedullary fixation assembly and devices and methods for installing the same Mark J. Warburton, Robert M. Fencl, John T. Capo, Virak Tan 2016-09-27 $27,214,000
9276416 Smart charging system Chris Kroenke 2016-03-01 $718,000
9097625 Gas injection system for energetic-beam instruments Rocky Kruger, Cheryl Hartfield 2015-08-04
9091251 Actuation method and apparatus, micropump, and PCR enhancement method Kari Ullakko, Peter Mullner, Greg Hampikian 2015-07-28
D711507 Wolf water sprinkler 2014-08-19
8512474 Apparatus for precursor delivery system for irradiation beam instruments Rocky Kruger, Thomas M. Moore 2013-08-20
8394454 Method and apparatus for precursor delivery system for irradiation beam instruments Rocky Kruger, Thomas M. Moore 2013-03-12
8292959 Spinal implant Scott A. Webb, Anthony P. Moreno, Margaret E. Mitchell 2012-10-23 $15,615,000
8267975 Bone screw system Mary McCombs, James Nunley 2012-09-18
8034056 Guide assembly for intramedullary fixation and method of using the same Robert M. Fencl, Mark J. Warburton, John T. Capo, Virak Tan 2011-10-11
7806932 Spinal implant Scott A. Webb, Anthony P. Moreno, Margaret E. Mitchell 2010-10-05 $46,733,000
7588577 Guide assembly for intramedullary fixation and method of using the same Robert M. Fencl, Mark J. Warburton, John T. Capo, Virak Tan 2009-09-15 $7,611,000
6447446 Method and apparatus for cleaning an endoscope lens Gary Peters 2002-09-10 $36,003,000
6214005 Spinal column retaining apparatus Edward C. Benzel, Hansen Yuan, Alex Dinello, Michael Wefers 2001-04-10
6193720 Cervical spine stabilization method and system Hansen Yuan, Edward C. Benzel, Alex Dinello, Michael Wefers 2001-02-27
6036693 Cervical spine stabilization method and system Hansen Yuan, Edward C. Benzel, Alex Dinello, Michael Wefers 2000-03-14
5843082 Cervical spine stabilization method and system Hansen Yuan, Edward C. Benzel, Alex Dinello, Michael Wefers 1998-12-01
5800433 Spinal column retaining apparatus Edward C. Benzel, Hansen Yuan, Alex Dinello, Michael Wefers 1998-09-01
5713900 Apparatus for retaining bone portions in a desired spatial relationship Edward C. Benzel, Hansen Yuan, Alex Dinello, Michael Wefers 1998-02-03
5681312 Spine construct with band clamp Hansen Yuan, Edward C. Benzel, Alex Dinello, Michael Wefers 1997-10-28