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Thomas E. Smith — 26 Patents

CMChicago Metallic: 5 patents #5 of 16Top 35%
RCRca: 3 patents #426 of 1,739Top 25%
BABadische: 2 patents #3 of 29Top 15%
Basf Se: 2 patents #5,851 of 13,826Top 45%
TITexas Instruments: 2 patents #5,266 of 12,488Top 45%
BUBritish Technology Group Usa: 1 patents #24 of 42Top 60%
BABall: 1 patents #176 of 366Top 50%
Xerox: 1 patents #5,237 of 8,622Top 65%
ATAT&T: 1 patents #10,636 of 18,772Top 60%
Suffolk, VA: #2 of 118 inventorsTop 2%
Virginia: #877 of 34,511 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Thomas E. Smith has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Chicago Metallic. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in September 2025. Thomas E. Smith ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Thomas E. Smith in Suffolk, VA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12415482 Powered trailer landing gear system 2025-09-16
11707407 System and method for bodily fluid capture and preservation Pepin Gelardi, Theodore Ullrich, Ross Sloan 2023-07-25
11478228 System and method for bodily fluid capture and preservation Pepin Gelardi, Theodore Ullrich 2022-10-25
9400130 Skating rink markings and related methods 2016-07-26
9194621 Skating rink markings and related methods 2015-11-24
D727538 Thin renovation ceiling tile cover for a blemished existing reveal ceiling tile 2015-04-21
D715460 Thin renovation ceiling tile cover for a blemished existing flat 2′×4′ ceiling tile 2014-10-14
8006454 Suspended ceiling system Scott G. Jankovec, Peter Jahn 2011-08-30
7841149 Concealed ceiling panel system Peter Jahn, Scott G. Jankovec 2010-11-30
7752821 Suspended ceiling system Scott G. Jankovec, Peter Jahn 2010-07-13
6771894 Motor control resolution enhancement 2004-08-03 $15,317,000
6373201 Reliable lamp life timer Daniel J. Morgan 2002-04-16 $26,461,000
5755473 Substrate carrier system Eugene A. Swain, Alan D. Smith, Robert S. Foltz, Peter Schmitt, Stanley J. Pietrzykowski, Jr. +1 more 1998-05-26 $9,303,000
5222896 Polyhedral approximation of a spherical body and two-dimensional projections therefrom 1993-06-29
5092893 Human orthopedic vertebra implant 1992-03-03
4886706 Fibrous polyacrylonitrile reinforcing mixture for friction product applications, and method of making same Hughey A. Rush, Billy B. Hibbard, Johnson L. Pursoo, John W. Lindsay, Kenneth Golden Harper +2 more 1989-12-12
4706043 Frequency standard using hydrogen maser Samuel R. Stein, Lindon L. Lewis 1987-11-10 $2,571,000
4704311 Process for making electrically conductive textile filaments Trevor P. Pickering, George A. Paton, James A. Gusack, John H. Sanders, Sterling M. Nichols +3 more 1987-11-03
4675596 Digital fluid analyzer using capacitive sensing 1987-06-23
4624817 Dilatable, individually cast coating die James A. Gusack 1986-11-25
4545835 Method of forming supported antistatic yarn James A. Gusack 1985-10-08
4514893 Fabrication of FETs Eliezer Kinsbron, William T. Lynch 1985-05-07
4479851 Purification of video disc lubricant additives Chih-Chun Wang 1984-10-30 $3,186,000
4357744 Method of connecting insulated glass frame Everett R. McKenzie 1982-11-09
4318877 Video disc molding process 1982-03-09 $983,000