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Nicholas H. Smith — 5 Patents

UMUniversity of Minnesota: 1 patents #1,216 of 2,951Top 45%
Apple: 1 patents #12,397 of 18,612Top 70%
Schlumberger Technology: 1 patents #3,946 of 7,293Top 55%
Katy, TX: #467 of 2,042 inventorsTop 25%
Texas: #28,633 of 125,132 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Nicholas H. Smith has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in September 2025. Nicholas H. Smith ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Nicholas H. Smith in Katy, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1986.peak 11986: 1 patents19862014: 1 patents20142018: 1 patents20182021: 1 patents20212025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12404750 Systems and methods for downhole power generation 2025-09-02
11010863 Bindpoint emulation Michael Imbrogno, Sivert Berg 2021-05-18 $223,963,000
PP29847 Grapevine plant named ‘Itasca’ Peter Hemstad, Kathryn Cook, John Richard Thull, James Luby 2018-11-20
8800173 Shoelace protector and methods thereof 2014-08-12
4577839 Refractory insulator blanket and cover Robert A. Carlson 1986-03-25