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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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David R. Smith — 242 Patents

IVIntellectual Ventures: 60 patents #26 of 232Top 15%
TIThe Invention Science Fund I: 41 patents #31 of 149Top 25%
DUDuke University: 30 patents #19 of 2,315Top 1%
RTX (Raytheon): 11 patents #999 of 15,912Top 7%
University of California: 10 patents #600 of 18,278Top 4%
Schlumberger Technology: 8 patents #789 of 7,293Top 15%
BUBj Services Company, U.S.A.: 7 patents #3 of 44Top 7%
Shell Oil Compny: 6 patents #511 of 4,423Top 15%
KMKronos Talent Management: 5 patents #3 of 14Top 25%
UNUnknown: 4 patents #4,220 of 83,584Top 6%
SESearete: 4 patents #31 of 63Top 50%
SLSensor Highway Limited: 3 patents #7 of 21Top 35%
Toyota: 3 patents #8,470 of 26,838Top 35%
AFAffymetrix: 3 patents #133 of 382Top 35%
HP: 3 patents #5,824 of 16,619Top 40%
BHBaker Hughes Holdings: 2 patents #2,122 of 4,186Top 55%
AIAbtech Industries: 2 patents #8 of 16Top 50%
BLBritish Telecommunications Public Limited: 2 patents #379 of 1,458Top 30%
FTFina Technology: 2 patents #135 of 308Top 45%
ILImperial Innovations Limited: 2 patents #39 of 354Top 15%
T1The Invention Science Fund 1: 1 patents #15 of 24Top 65%
SASikorsky Aircraft: 1 patents #418 of 879Top 50%
PSPenn State: 1 patents #667 of 1,788Top 40%
TOThe Post Office: 1 patents #28 of 117Top 25%
INInvitrogen: 1 patents #101 of 207Top 50%
ETEthyl: 1 patents #298 of 494Top 65%
BOBOE: 1 patents #7,871 of 12,373Top 65%
ELElwah: 1 patents #12 of 36Top 35%
BPBritish Telecommunications Plc: 1 patents #168 of 616Top 30%
BSBj Services: 1 patents #126 of 250Top 55%
ACActerna: 1 patents #24 of 73Top 35%
EAE.I. Du Pont De Nemours And: 1 patents #8,084 of 12,129Top 70%
HSHalliburton Energy Services: 1 patents #3,983 of 5,294Top 80%
WEWestinghouse Electric: 1 patents #3,684 of 5,212Top 75%
Durham, NC: #2 of 4,103 inventorsTop 1%
North Carolina: #20 of 45,564 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #2,180 of 4,157,543Top 1%
242 Patents All Time
David R. Smith has been granted 242 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intellectual Ventures. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in April 2025. David R. Smith ranks #2,180 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.05%). Patent records list David R. Smith in Durham, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 30 patents in 2017.peak 301993: 2 patents19931994: 2 patents1995: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 3 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 3 patents2004: 3 patents2005: 2 patents20052006: 6 patents2007: 6 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 8 patents2010: 10 patents2011: 11 patents20112012: 12 patents2013: 8 patents2014: 29 patents20142015: 15 patents2016: 12 patents2017: 30 patents20172018: 14 patents2019: 22 patents2020: 7 patents20202021: 8 patents2022: 2 patents2023: 9 patents20232024: 2 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 242 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12265358 Out-of-plane computer-generated multicolor waveguide holography Zhiqin Huang, Daniel Marks 2025-04-01
12239030 High temperature superconductor Philipp Braeuninger-Weimer, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Conor L. Myhrvold, Cameron Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene +10 more 2025-02-25
11990681 Phase diversity input for an array of traveling-wave antennas Michael Boyarsky, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani 2024-05-21
11916291 Nyquist sampled traveling-wave antennas Michael Boyarsky, Timothy Sleasman, Jonah Gollub, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani 2024-02-27
11855342 Enhanced MIMO communication systems using reconfigurable metasurface antennas and method using same Insang Yoo, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Timothy Sleasman 2023-12-26
11843182 Computation with adjustable resonant optical metamaterials Patrick Bowen, Andrew Traverso, Daniel Marks 2023-12-12
11789200 Artificially-structured materials with smart elements Daniel Arnitz, Patrick Bowen, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Joseph Hagerty, Roderick A. Hyde +6 more 2023-10-17
11785866 High temperature superconductor Philipp Braeuninger-Weimer, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Conor L. Myhrvold, Cameron Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene +10 more 2023-10-10
11705713 Network primary feeder self protected transient limiting device 2023-07-18
11670861 Nyquist sampled traveling-wave antennas Michael Boyarsky, Timothy Sleasman, Jonah Gollub, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani 2023-06-06
11670867 Phase diversity input for an array of traveling-wave antennas Michael Boyarsky, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani 2023-06-06
11598866 Single-frequency dynamic metasurface microwave imaging systems and methods of use Timothy Sleasman, Laura Pulido Mancera, Jonah Gollub, Michael Boyarsky, Thomas Fromenteze +1 more 2023-03-07
11543774 Out-of-plane computer-generated multicolor waveguide holography Zhiqin Huang, Daniel Marks 2023-01-03
11502396 Enhanced MIMO communication systems using reconfigurable metasurface antennas and methods of using same Insang Yoo, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Timothy Sleasman 2022-11-15
11349222 Systems and methods for sensing a lifeform using dynamic metasurface antennas Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Timothy Sleasman, Jonah Gollub 2022-05-31
11150065 Thermal energy absorbing structures Thomas M. Deppert 2021-10-19
11120332 Computation with optical metamaterials Patrick Bowen, Andrew Traverso, Daniel Marks 2021-09-14
11075463 Wireless power transfer in the fresnel zone with a dynamic metasurface antenna Guy S. Lipworth, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Okan Yurduseven 2021-07-27
11038263 Printed cavities for computational microwave imaging and methods of use Okan Yurduseven, Vinay Ramachandra Gowda, Jonah Gollub 2021-06-15
10998628 Modulation patterns for surface scattering antennas Pai-Yen Chen, Tom Driscoll, Siamak Ebadi, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy +3 more 2021-05-04
10976636 Apparatus and method for providing a selectively absorbing structure Antoine Moreau, Cristian Ciraci, Jack J. Mock 2021-04-13
10931004 Enhanced MIMO communication systems using reconfigurable metasurface antennas and methods of using same Insang Yoo, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Timothy Sleasman 2021-02-23
10913869 Coating for the mitigation of metal whiskers Thomas M. Deppert, William C. Mollberg, Frank A. Wolf 2021-02-09
10833380 Holographic mode conversion for transmission lines Tom Driscoll, John Desmond Hunt, Nathan Ingle Landy, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov 2020-11-10
10788624 Artificially-structured materials with smart elements Daniel Arnitz, Patrick Bowen, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Joseph Hagerty, Roderick A. Hyde +6 more 2020-09-29