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Brian Smith — 38 Patents

ADAdtran: 11 patents #20 of 346Top 6%
HP: 5 patents #3,830 of 16,619Top 25%
TTTippingpoint Technologies: 5 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
CSClick Security: 4 patents #1 of 5Top 20%
3C3Com: 4 patents #258 of 1,190Top 25%
Xerox: 3 patents #3,111 of 8,622Top 40%
CFCornell Research Foundation: 1 patents #802 of 1,638Top 50%
Dallas, TX: #117 of 7,543 inventorsTop 2%
Texas: #2,724 of 125,132 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Brian Smith has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at Adtran. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in August 2025. Brian Smith ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Brian Smith in Dallas, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12395501 Security event connectivity generated by linking enitities and actions from process tracking Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Ian S. Nelson, David S. Tyree, Seth Goldhammer 2025-08-19
9811927 Universal actor correlator Victoria L. Rowland 2017-11-07
9354690 Systems and methods for adjusting core voltage to optimize power savings Daniel M. Joffe 2016-05-31 $3,032,000
9173326 Reversible fan module for electronic enclosures Jacob D. McCleary 2015-10-27
9071637 Automated security analytics platform Marc Willebeek-LeMair 2015-06-30
9065588 Communications system having remotely managed and configured optical network unit Daniel M. Joffe 2015-06-23 $5,904,000
8973141 Universal actor correlator Victoria L. Rowland 2015-03-03
8973132 Automated security analytics platform with pluggable data collection and analysis modules Donovan Kolbly, Marc Willebeek-LeMair 2015-03-03
8823531 Systems and methods for sensing and indicating orientation of electrical equipment with active cooling Jacob D. McCleary, Curtis W. Dodd 2014-09-02 $4,311,000
8818192 Optical network unit with redundant reverse powering from customer premises equipment with alarm fault discrimination indicative for power fault condition Steven M. Robinson 2014-08-26 $4,374,000
8797169 Systems and methods for sensing and indicating orientation of electrical equipment with passive cooling Jacob D. McCleary, Curtis W. Dodd 2014-08-05 $8,565,000
8782787 Distributed packet flow inspection and processing Marc Willibeek-LeMair 2014-07-15 $9,527,000
8693679 Communications system and associated method for reducing power consumption of a telecommunications device 2014-04-08 $5,021,000
8649149 Dual level surge protector circuit for telecommunication line Daniel M. Joffe 2014-02-11 $10,916,000
8601289 Optical network unit with redundant reverse powering from customer premises equipment Steven M. Robinson, Daniel M. Joffe 2013-12-03 $11,842,000
8570866 System and method for processing network packet flows Charles R. Buckman, Dennis Cox, Donovan Kolbly, Craig Cantrell, Jon H. Werner +3 more 2013-10-29 $13,453,000
8564920 Smart breaker and related system and method for protecting electrical devices from fault conditions Randall Johnston 2013-10-22 $3,596,000
8564922 System and method for protecting telecommunications device from power faults Randall Johnston 2013-10-22 $3,596,000
8385064 Reversible fan module for electronic enclosures Jacob D. McCleary 2013-02-26 $11,346,000
8259715 System and method for traffic load balancing to multiple processors Gerald Stellenberg, James M. Rolette 2012-09-04 $5,197,000
8199754 Intrusion prevention system edge controller Alexander Sarin, Hazem Kabbara 2012-06-12 $11,347,000
8125905 System and method for processing network packet flows Charles R. Buckman, Dennis Cox, Donovan M Kolby, Craig Cantrell, John H Werner +3 more 2012-02-28 $13,316,000
7633868 System and method for processing network packet flows Charles R. Buckman, Dennis Cox, Donovan Kolbly, Craig Cantrell, Jon H. Werner +3 more 2009-12-15
7454499 Active network defense system and method Craig Cantrell, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Dennis Cox, John Francis McHale, Donovan Kolbly 2008-11-18
7454792 Active network defense system and method Craig Cantrell, Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Dennis Cox, John Francis McHale, Donovan Kolbly 2008-11-18