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Todd L. Smith — 17 Patents

JDJohn Deere: 5 patents #968 of 5,518Top 20%
Intel: 4 patents #8,538 of 30,777Top 30%
Motorola: 4 patents #2,948 of 14,142Top 25%
Long Grove, IL: #21 of 163 inventorsTop 15%
Illinois: #4,775 of 84,256 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Todd L. Smith has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at John Deere. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in October 2025. Todd L. Smith ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Todd L. Smith in Long Grove, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2003.peak 41990: 1 patents19901996: 2 patents19962000: 1 patents20002002: 2 patents20022003: 4 patents20032004: 2 patents20042020: 1 patents20202022: 1 patents20222024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12439572 Thermal solution as an effective EMI shield Justin Huttula, Bala Subramanya, Juha Paavola, Mark Carbone, Kari Mansukoski +3 more 2025-10-07
12172825 Closure assembly for use with a container David Abels, Joshua M. Boggs, Isaac Chang, Mark Harburg 2024-12-24
D1054410 Modular electronic device Aleksander Magi, Melissa Gregg, James M. Okuley, Praveen Vishakantaiah, Prosenjit Ghosh +3 more 2024-12-17
11485570 Closure assembly for use with a container David Abels, Joshua M. Boggs, Isaac Chang, Mark Harburg 2022-11-01
10737875 Closure assembly for use with a container David Abels, Joshua M. Boggs, Isaac Chang, Mark Harburg 2020-08-11
6782684 Cutting implement including flow diverter baffle Steven Henry Buss 2004-08-31 $12,841,000
6779328 Cutting implement having anti-blowout lip and extension Steven Henry Buss 2004-08-24 $12,854,000
6602155 Pivoting idler assembly for belt drive mower Steven Henry Buss 2003-08-05 $72,444,000
6578349 Pivoting gearbox for rotary mower Steven Henry Buss 2003-06-17 $9,993,000
6571544 Cutting implement having notched front flow baffle Steven Henry Buss 2003-06-03 $34,013,000
D473220 Digital subscriber line gateway Michael P. Colombo, Craig Jahne, Stephen Brown, Philip White, Diana V. Wickizer +3 more 2003-04-15
6470660 Mower deck rear draft quick hitch Steven Henry Buss, Scott Michael Braemer 2002-10-29 $26,479,000
D458905 Rack-mount stackable hub and switch Craig Jahne, Martin Lund, Michael P. Colombo, Holly E. Bullins, Ole L. Schioeler +8 more 2002-06-18
6084782 Electronic device having self-aligning solder pad design Due Huynh, Diann J. Beesch 2000-07-04
D376127 Battery housing Albert L. Nagele, Leonid Soren, James R. Brunette 1996-12-03
5487674 Surface mountable leaded package Andrzej T. Guzik, Jeffrey P. Marchuk 1996-01-30 $18,098,000
4941167 Telephone system with customized central message center Gary A. Cannalte, William F. Zancho, Robert J. Crawford 1990-07-10 $7,158,000