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William Larry Smith — 6 Patents

ATAT&T: 5 patents #3,621 of 18,772Top 20%
Albuquerque, NM: #715 of 4,547 inventorsTop 20%
New Mexico: #1,240 of 9,035 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
William Larry Smith has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in December 1999. William Larry Smith ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list William Larry Smith in Albuquerque, NM, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 1999Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1999.peak 41993: 1 patents19931998: 1 patents19981999: 4 patents1999

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5999681 Chemical treatment for silica-containing glass surfaces Alexis Grabbe, Terry Arthur Michalske 1999-12-07 $73,666,000
5985374 Chemical treatment for silica-containing glass surfaces Alexis Grabbe, Terry Arthur Michalske 1999-11-16 $72,131,000
5965271 Chemical treatment for silica-containing glass surfaces Alexis Grabbe, Terry Arthur Michalske 1999-10-12 $77,421,000
5902636 Method for chemical surface modification of fumed silica particles Alexis Grabbe, Terry Arthur Michalske 1999-05-11 $129,887,000
5736245 Chemical treatment for silica-containing glass surfaces Alexis Grabbe, Terry Arthur Michalske 1998-04-07 $31,978,000
5246746 Method for forming hermetic coatings for optical fibers Terry Arthur Michalske, Robert R. Rye 1993-09-21