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David L. Smith — 5 Patents

EQEquinix: 2 patents #70 of 162Top 45%
Fort Wayne, IN: #349 of 1,899 inventorsTop 20%
Indiana: #7,193 of 33,936 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
David L. Smith has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Equinix. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in January 2021. David L. Smith ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list David L. Smith in Fort Wayne, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1993.peak 11993: 1 patents19931995: 1 patents19952002: 1 patents20022020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10888027 Cooling unit control Tikhon Suresh Pichai 2021-01-05 $188,488,000
10881032 Cooling unit fan speed control George E. Doblanko 2020-12-29 $142,592,000
6435817 Methods and apparatus for reducing vibrations induced within fan assemblies Robert K. Hollenbeck, James Grimm, Kerry Baker Shelton 2002-08-20 $34,652,000
5430931 Method of manufacturing a two compartment motor Lynn E. Fisher, Michael Allen Marks 1995-07-11 $27,727,000
5245237 Two compartment motor Lynn E. Fisher, Michael Allen Marks 1993-09-14 $15,121,000