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Michael W. Smith — 74 Patents

BNBnnt: 25 patents #3 of 15Top 20%
JAJefferson Science Associates: 11 patents #5 of 151Top 4%
ATAT&T: 9 patents #2,006 of 18,772Top 15%
NASA: 8 patents #164 of 3,881Top 5%
GE: 4 patents #8,262 of 36,430Top 25%
RTX (Raytheon): 4 patents #2,978 of 15,912Top 20%
NANational Institute Of Aerospace Associates: 2 patents #14 of 36Top 40%
SSSalk Institute For Biological Studies: 1 patents #291 of 521Top 60%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
HSHalliburton Energy Services: 1 patents #3,213 of 5,294Top 65%
Micron: 1 patents #4,804 of 6,374Top 80%
DLDelta Air Lines: 1 patents #8 of 64Top 15%
FHForcepoint Federal Holdings: 1 patents #6 of 21Top 30%
HEHexion: 1 patents #58 of 129Top 45%
HCHexion Specialty Chemicals: 1 patents #11 of 66Top 20%
MIMa Industries: 1 patents #11 of 37Top 30%
MCMomentive Specialty Chemicals: 1 patents #24 of 61Top 40%
POPorex: 1 patents #14 of 49Top 30%
Newport News, VA: #2 of 572 inventorsTop 1%
Virginia: #130 of 34,511 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #26,215 of 4,157,543Top 1%
74 Patents All Time
Michael W. Smith has been granted 74 US patents while listed as an inventor at Bnnt. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in November 2025. Michael W. Smith ranks #26,215 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.63%). Patent records list Michael W. Smith in Newport News, VA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 74 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12460116 BNNT thermal management material for high-power systems Thomas G. Dushatinski, Thomas W. HENNEBERG, Clay F. HUFF, Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens +3 more 2025-11-04
12188536 Boron nitride nanotube vibration damping optimization R. Roy Whitney, Thomas G. Dushatinski, Thomas W. HENNEBERG, Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens +3 more 2025-01-07
11919771 Boron nitride nanotube synthesis via direct induction Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens, R. Roy Whitney 2024-03-05
11866327 Boron nitride nanotube materials for cryopumps and other large volume configurations Thomas G. Dushatinski, Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens, R. Roy Whitney 2024-01-09
11629054 Boron nitride nanotube purification Thomas G. Dushatinski, Kevin C. Jordan, R. Roy Whitney, Jonathan C. Stevens 2023-04-18
11623865 Continuous boron nitride nanotube fibers Jonathan C. Stevens, Kevin C. Jordan, R. Roy Whitney 2023-04-11
11390787 BNNT thermal management material for high-power systems Thomas G. Dushatinski, Thomas W. HENNEBERG, Clay F. HUFF, Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens +3 more 2022-07-19
11362400 Nano-porous BNNT composite with thermal switching for advanced batteries Thomas G. Dushatinski, Gary S. Huvard, R. Roy Whitney, Kevin C. Jordan, Diego Pedrazzoli +1 more 2022-06-14
11291197 Trotline deployment apparatus 2022-04-05
11167986 Boron nitride nanotube synthesis via direct induction Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens, R. Roy Whitney 2021-11-09
11154737 Flame retardant porous plastic resins Delores Sewell, Thomas Fleming 2021-10-26
10933692 Wheel righting apparatus 2021-03-02 $502,833,000
10906810 Boron nitride nanotube synthesis via direct induction Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens, R. Roy Whitney 2021-02-02
10844262 BNNT thermal management materials for high-power systems Thomas G. Dushatinski, Thomas W. HENNEBERG, Clay F. HUFF, Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens +3 more 2020-11-24
D898917 Imaging apparatus Ross Christopher Stalter, Jonathan Boutot, Robert Surma, Kenwood Dayton, Brandon Smith +1 more 2020-10-13
10766780 Boron nitride nanotube vibration damping R. Roy Whitney, Thomas G. Dushatinski, Thomas W. HENNEBERG, Kevin C. Jordan, Diego Pedrazzoli +1 more 2020-09-08
10696551 Continuous boron nitride nanotube fibers Jonathan C. Stevens, Kevin C. Jordan, R. Roy Whitney 2020-06-30
10665447 Transition radiation light sources Kevin C. Jordan, Thomas G. Dushatinski, Jonathan C. Stevens, R. Roy Whitney 2020-05-26
10640378 Induction-coupled plasma synthesis of boron nitrade nanotubes Jonathan C. Stevens, Kevin C. Jordan 2020-05-05
10607829 Transition radiation light sources Kevin C. Jordan, Thomas G. Dushatinski, Jonathan C. Stevens, R. Roy Whitney 2020-03-31
10573576 Boron nitride nanotube enhanced electrical components R. Roy Whitney, Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens 2020-02-25
10494260 Target holders, multiple-incidence angle, and multizone heating for BNNT synthesis Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens, R. Roy Whitney 2019-12-03
10442691 Boron nitride nanotube synthesis via direct induction Kevin C. Jordan, Jonathan C. Stevens, R. Roy Whitney 2019-10-15
10435293 Methods of manufacturing energy conversion materials fabricated with boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) and BNNT polymer composites Jin Ho Kang, Cheol Park, Joycelyn S. Harrison, Sharon E. Lowther, Jae-Woo Kim +1 more 2019-10-08
10343908 Induction-coupled plasma synthesis of boron nitrade nanotubes Jonathan C. Stevens, Kevin C. Jordan 2019-07-09