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Eric B. Smith — 50 Patents

CLCirrus Logic: 12 patents #110 of 1,131Top 10%
DPDevicor Medical Products: 11 patents #22 of 164Top 15%
CICilag Gmbh International: 7 patents #220 of 874Top 30%
Johnson & Johnson: 5 patents #1,895 of 7,810Top 25%
SLSilicon Laboratories: 5 patents #190 of 744Top 30%
JDJohn Deere: 3 patents #1,512 of 5,518Top 30%
WTWestern Digital Technologies: 2 patents #1,328 of 3,180Top 45%
CSCirrus Logic International Semiconductor: 1 patents #21 of 53Top 40%
SSSkyworks Solutions: 1 patents #916 of 991Top 95%
Ncr: 1 patents #2,596 of 3,019Top 90%
Grapevine, TX: #3 of 421 inventorsTop 1%
Texas: #1,725 of 125,132 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #53,743 of 4,157,543Top 2%
50 Patents All Time
Eric B. Smith has been granted 50 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cirrus Logic. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in July 2025. Eric B. Smith ranks #53,743 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.3%). Patent records list Eric B. Smith in Grapevine, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2024.peak 72000: 1 patents20002003: 4 patents2005: 1 patents20052010: 1 patents2012: 4 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 4 patents20142016: 2 patents2017: 4 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 5 patents2021: 4 patents20212022: 4 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 7 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 50 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12354156 System and method for data extraction Mihir JOSHI, Kyle A. Wade, Brian A. Klotzman 2025-07-08
12295608 Rotation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Craig N. Faller, Elizabeth DeBenedictis, William D. Kelly, Michael R. Lamping, Timothy G. Dietz +9 more 2025-05-13
12161356 Surgical instrument with multi-function button John A. Hibner, Kevin L. Houser, David A. Monroe, David J. Cagle, Geoffrey S. Strobl +6 more 2024-12-10
12143713 Multi-chip camera controller system with inter-chip communication Younes Djadi, Nariankadu D. Hemkumar, Sachin Deo, Daniel T. Bogard, Nathan Daniel Pozniak Buchanan 2024-11-12 $14,457,000
12042237 Surgical system with voice control David J. Cagle, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Mary E. Mootoo, Ryan M. Asher 2024-07-23
12008252 Data storage device with data padding and safe and efficient alignment of data zones with data containers Scott E. Burton, Daniel J. Wade 2024-06-11 $38,541,000
11979659 Multi-chip camera controller system with inter-chip communication Younes Djadi, Nariankadu D. Hemkumar, Sachin Deo, Daniel T. Bogard, Nathan Daniel Pozniak Buchanan 2024-05-07 $20,846,000
11962261 Cross-over distortionless pulse-width modulated (PWM)/linear motor control system Vamsikrishna Parupalli, Mark May, Zhong You 2024-04-16 $9,302,000
11940827 Management of path selection in a multi-path control system Stewart Kenly, Vamsikrishna Parupalli, Nishant Jain 2024-03-26
11790948 Data storage device with manipulated media mapping to control access latency of data containers Daniel J. Wade, Scott E. Burton 2023-10-17 $14,541,000
11579030 Baseline estimation for sensor system Junsong Li, Rahul GAWDE, Tejasvi Das, Siddharth Maru 2023-02-14 $18,224,000
11490976 Surgical system with voice control David J. Cagle, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Mary E. Mootoo, Ryan M. Asher 2022-11-08
11452539 Surgical instrument with multi-function button John A. Hibner, Kevin L. Houser, David A. Monroe, David J. Cagle, Geoffrey S. Strobl +6 more 2022-09-27
11389190 Rotation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Craig N. Faller, Elizabeth DeBenedictis, William D. Kelly, Michael R. Lamping, Timothy G. Dietz +9 more 2022-07-19
11218077 Soft-start for isolated power converter Riad Wahby, Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Tufan C. Karalar, Michael J. Mills, Ion C. Tesu +1 more 2022-01-04 $63,200,000
11115046 Closed loop control in a camera module Vamsikrishna Parupalli, Mark May, Saurabh Singh, Ramya Balasundaram, Mengde WANG 2021-09-07 $9,389,000
11070177 Minimizing crossover distortion in a class B current driver Saurabh Singh, Vamsikrishna Parupalli, Stewart Kenly 2021-07-20 $6,178,000
11051835 Alignment features for ultrasonic surgical instrument John B. Schulte, Craig N. Faller, Patrick J. Scoggins, JoAnn M. Stegeman, Tylor C. Muhlenkamp +5 more 2021-07-06
10963187 Discrete exchange and update of multiple consistent subset views of an evolving data store Nathan Daniel Pozniak Buchanan, Roshan Kamath, Nariankadu D. Hemkumar, Younes Djadi, Sachin Deo 2021-03-30 $21,380,000
10819238 Power system having multiple power conversion units with handoff of power regulation control Eric J. King, Hasnain Akram, Sean Davis 2020-10-27
10790749 Switched-mode power supply with energy storage Eric J. King, Mark May 2020-09-29 $19,842,000
10756709 Controlling edge rate of a switched output stage based on a measured physical quantity Mengde WANG, Akhilesh Persha, Vamsikrishna Parupalli 2020-08-25 $11,481,000
10720835 Limiting average current in a peak-controlled boost converter Eric J. King 2020-07-21 $7,818,000
10667878 Surgical system with voice control David J. Cagle, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Mary E. Mootoo, Ryan M. Asher 2020-06-02 $119,685,000
10470792 Rotation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Craig N. Faller, Elizabeth DeBenedictis, William D. Kelly, Michael R. Lamping, Timothy G. Dietz +9 more 2019-11-12 $75,626,000