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David Smith — 12 Patents

Disney: 3 patents #2,043 of 6,686Top 35%
HP: 1 patents #11,359 of 16,619Top 70%
Clemmons, NC: #26 of 260 inventorsTop 10%
North Carolina: #4,293 of 45,564 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
David Smith has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Disney. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in March 2023. David Smith ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list David Smith in Clemmons, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2005.peak 21994: 1 patents19942003: 1 patents20032005: 2 patents20052006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents20082012: 1 patents20122016: 1 patents20162018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents20192023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11596570 Cooling garments, warming garments, and related methods Terry L. Donat 2023-03-07
10497029 Systems and methods for facilitating brand integration within online content and promoting that online content Ryan Lissack, Benjamin Collier, Philip Hansen, Kristopher Johns, Narbeh Dereghishian +1 more 2019-12-03 $182,061,000
10497028 Systems and methods for facilitating monetizing brand integration within online content Ryan Lissack, Benjamin Collier, Philip Hansen, Kristopher Johns, Narbeh Dereghishian +1 more 2019-12-03 $182,061,000
10010471 Cooling garments, warming garments, and related methods Terry L. Donat 2018-07-03
9473020 Systems and methods for a battery life extender 2016-10-18
8257173 System and method for driving artificial intelligence (AI) characters having continuous reevaluation of current goals and navigation path Anthony Bergelt, Josh Brown, Darius Julian Tam, Ian D. Yip, Vince Jewlal 2012-09-04 $110,226,000
7332878 Electric candle flame simulator 2008-02-19
7146854 Methods and apparatus for media level measurement Gerard J. Carlson, Douglas M. Guillory 2006-12-12
6966222 Methods and apparatus for media level measurement Gerard J. Carlson, Douglas M. Guillory 2005-11-22 $15,281,000
6899309 Beverage container holder and method of advertising 2005-05-31
6527239 Beverage container holder 2003-03-04
D344326 Air cleaner for a bathroom Nina L. Smith 1994-02-15