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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Patrick J. Smith — 31 Patents

DPDixie Consumer Products: 8 patents #8 of 82Top 10%
UNUnisys: 7 patents #179 of 2,028Top 9%
WLWesterngeco L.L.C.: 2 patents #148 of 486Top 35%
LCL-3 Communications: 1 patents #229 of 507Top 50%
IPInternational Paper: 1 patents #445 of 935Top 50%
GHGpcp Ip Holdings: 1 patents #164 of 266Top 65%
Honda Motor Co.: 1 patents #12,035 of 21,052Top 60%
St. Peter, MN: #1 of 42 inventorsTop 3%
Minnesota: #1,884 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Patrick J. Smith has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at Dixie Consumer Products. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in September 2025. Patrick J. Smith ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Patrick J. Smith in St. Peter, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2012.peak 51988: 3 patents19881990: 3 patents1991: 1 patents19911997: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents2007: 3 patents20072011: 2 patents2012: 5 patents20122013: 2 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12409168 Formulations of aminopenicillin and methods for solubilizing aminopenicillin Patrick Soderlund, William A. Soderlund, Jr. 2025-09-09
D917256 Coping saw 2021-04-27
10624470 Band for loading cutlery 2020-04-21
10455952 Skewer for loading cutlery 2019-10-29
10390631 Skewer for loading cutlery 2019-08-27
10051976 Cutlery dispenser 2018-08-21
10010195 Dispenser for disposable cutlery and components therefor Andy Lee Kirkpatrick, Michael R. Kilgore, David G. Honan 2018-07-03
9237815 Cutlery dispenser and method of dispensing cutlery 2016-01-19
D732946 Door mounting shim 2015-06-30
8380440 3D residual binning and flatness error correction Victor Aarre 2013-02-19
8349240 Hidden parting line mold and hidden parting line molding technique using associated part removal device 2013-01-08 $528,000
8339898 Processing seismic data using combined regularization and 4D binning Anthony D. Curtis 2012-12-25
8297473 Cutlery dispenser and method of dispensing cutlery 2012-10-30
8210364 Dispenser for disposable cutlery and components therefor Andy Lee Kirkpatrick, Michael R. Kilgore, David G. Honan, Thomas J. Sorensen, Vito Lore +1 more 2012-07-03
8157228 Tool for positioning molding 2012-04-17
8152004 Dispenser for disposable cutlery and components therefor Andy Lee Kirkpatrick, Michael R. Kilgore, David G. Honan, Thomas J. Sorensen, Vito Lore +1 more 2012-04-10
8070013 Cutlery utensil dispensing apparatus and method Christopher M. Reinsel 2011-12-06
7987637 Adjustable shim 2011-08-02
D554952 Cutlery utensil 2007-11-13
D554953 Cutlery utensil 2007-11-13
D546136 Universal spoon Kenneth A. Adams 2007-07-10
6999423 Link order replacement optimization Roger W. Call, Michael J. Francl 2006-02-14 $13,975,000
6759782 Pole piece assembly 2004-07-06
5636785 Gable top container Roderick W. Kalberer, Clarence R. Thompson 1997-06-10 $42,923,000
5063572 Channelized delay and mix chip rate detector Ronald Leahy 1991-11-05 $2,497,000