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David J. Smith — 157 Patents

BDBlack & Decker: 64 patents #23 of 2,745Top 1%
The Procter & Gamble: 20 patents #581 of 10,297Top 6%
POPowervision: 15 patents #3 of 25Top 15%
GE: 14 patents #2,231 of 36,430Top 7%
RCRoyal Caribbean Cruises: 7 patents #5 of 42Top 15%
CDCom Dev: 4 patents #9 of 86Top 15%
ALAlcon: 4 patents #208 of 866Top 25%
Cisco: 4 patents #3,400 of 13,007Top 30%
ACAmerican Power Conversion: 4 patents #64 of 274Top 25%
SPState Industrial Products: 1 patents #9 of 15Top 60%
HLHavant International Limited: 1 patents #6 of 15Top 40%
BPBeecham Group Plc: 1 patents #207 of 271Top 80%
TITexas Instruments: 1 patents #7,388 of 12,488Top 60%
USUSDA: 1 patents #1,162 of 2,828Top 45%
CWCorning Glass Works: 1 patents #257 of 496Top 55%
RTR.J. Reynolds Tobacco: 1 patents #421 of 746Top 60%
Highland, CA: #1 of 78 inventorsTop 2%
California: #926 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #5,656 of 4,157,543Top 1%
157 Patents All Time
David J. Smith has been granted 157 US patents while listed as an inventor at Black & Decker. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in November 2025. David J. Smith ranks #5,656 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.14%). Patent records list David J. Smith in Highland, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 16 patents in 2019.peak 161984: 1 patents19841986: 1 patents1991: 1 patents1996: 3 patents19961997: 1 patents1999: 1 patents2001: 4 patents20012002: 3 patents2003: 4 patents2004: 1 patents20042006: 8 patents2007: 5 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 5 patents2010: 5 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 6 patents2013: 4 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 8 patents2017: 4 patents20172018: 6 patents2019: 16 patents2020: 12 patents20202021: 7 patents2022: 11 patents2023: 11 patents20232024: 13 patents2025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 157 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12466588 Vehicle having personal security drone Payam Akbari, Adam Goodes 2025-11-11
12318279 Lens delivery system Terah Whiting Smiley, John A. Scholl, Russell J. Redmond, Derek L. Moran, Barry Cheskin +3 more 2025-06-03
12296454 Brushless motor for power tools Joseph P. Kelleher, William F. Gallagher, Craig A. Oktavec, Jarrett A. Dunston 2025-05-13
12261497 High-power motor for a body-grip power tool Dustin Jefferies, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Justin H. Ayers, Sumiteru Mori, John B. Fogle +1 more 2025-03-25
12126234 Stator assembly for a brushless motor in a power tool preliminary class Justin H. Ayers, David E. Gillespie, Eric E. Hatfield, Earl M. Ortt, Stephen P. Osborne +2 more 2024-10-22
12068639 Motor rotor with sleeve for retention of magnet ring Changxing Lu, Abraham Sanchez, Tong Zheng, Fulong Liu, Yeli Gu +1 more 2024-08-20
12068663 Brushless motor having an overmolded rotor John B. Fogle, Colin M. Crosby, Merritt J. Tennison, Madhur M. Purohit 2024-08-20
12059775 Power tool with compact motor assembly Justin H. Ayers, Abraham Sanchez, Sandip Patel, Alvaro B. Haesbaert, Samantha Cunningham 2024-08-13
12017321 Handheld power tool with brushless electric motor Zollie W. Privett, Craig A. Oktavec, Matthew J. Velderman, Colin C. Crosby, Pradeep M. Pant +4 more 2024-06-25
11973374 Outer rotor brushless motor having an axial fan John B. Fogle, Dustin Jeffries, Michael R. Marjomaa, Kevin L. Pulley, Vincent W. Zou +6 more 2024-04-30
11955863 Circuit board assembly for compact brushless motor Dustin Jefferies, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Justin H. Ayers, Sumiteru Mori, Kristopher Cochran 2024-04-09
11951603 Brushless motor system for power tools Joseph P. Kelleher, William F. Gallagher, Craig A. Oktavec, Jarrett A. Dunston 2024-04-09
11916447 Overmolded rotor structure Tong Zheng, Yeli Gu, Fulong Liu, Changxing Lu, Abraham Sanchez +1 more 2024-02-27
11894744 Stator assembly for a brushless motor in a power tool Justin H. Ayers, David E. Gillespie, Eric E. Hatfield, Earl M. Ortt, Stephen P. Osborne +2 more 2024-02-06
11876424 Compact brushless motor including in-line terminals Dustin Jefferies, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Justin H. Ayers, Sumiteru Mori, Kristopher Cochran 2024-01-16
11870316 Brushless motor including a nested bearing bridge Dustin Jefferies, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Justin H. Ayers, Sumiteru Mori, Kristopher Cochran 2024-01-09
11865690 Control and power module for driving a brushless motor in a power tool Andrew M. Palich, Michael R. Marjomaa, Kevin L. Pulley, Dennis A. Bush, Mark T. Cherry +2 more 2024-01-09
11855521 Brushless DC motor for a body-grip power tool Dustin Jefferies, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Justin H. Ayers, Sumiteru Mori, John B. Fogle +3 more 2023-12-26
11837934 Stator assembly for a brushless motor in a power tool Justin H. Ayers, David E. Gillespie, Eric E. Hatfield, Earl M. Ortt, Stephen P. Osborne +2 more 2023-12-05
11837935 Canned brushless motor Dustin Jefferies, Marcus E. E. Rydin, Justin H. Ayers, Sumiteru Mori 2023-12-05
11759313 Lens delivery system Terah Whiting Smiley, John A. Scholl, Russell J. Redmond, Derek L. Moran, Barry Cheskin +3 more 2023-09-19 $49,114,000
11751991 Accommodating intraocular lenses and methods of use Terah Whiting Smiley, Steven Choi, Henry Wu, John A. Scholl, Denise H. Burns 2023-09-12 $27,698,000
11705778 Power tool with compact motor assembly Justin H. Ayers, Abraham Sanchez 2023-07-18
11676224 Interactive serving tray with integrated digital display Joey Hasty, Josh Nakaya 2023-06-13
11670977 Outer rotor brushless motor stator mount John B. Fogle, Dustin Jeffries, Michael R. Marjomaa, Kevin L. Pulley, Vincent W. Zou +6 more 2023-06-06