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Rodney S. Smith — 16 Patents

ExxonMobil: 7 patents #1,606 of 10,161Top 20%
Illinois Tool Works: 3 patents #1,290 of 4,311Top 30%
UNUnknown: 2 patents #12,644 of 83,584Top 20%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Rodney S. Smith has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at ExxonMobil. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in July 2025. Rodney S. Smith ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Rodney S. Smith in Carrington, TN, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2006.peak 31998: 2 patents19981999: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2006: 3 patents20062010: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 3 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12351762 Hydrocarbon pyrolysis of feeds containing mercury Keng-Fai Kuan, Boon Hwa Sow 2025-07-08
12152205 Hydrocarbon pyrolysis of feeds containing silicon Michael A. Radzicki, Donald J. Norris 2024-11-26 $320,704,000
11845707 Processes and systems for C3+ monoolefin conversion Roshni Jindal, Julie D. Hietpas 2023-12-19 $595,746,000
9523044 Hydrocarbon upgrading Beshoy Abdelmalek, Mark A. Nierode, Michael Moran, Derrick B. Callander 2016-12-20 $291,553,000
9266791 Hydrocarbon conversion process Matthew B. Yarrison, Alok Mani Srivastava, Roshni Jindal, Chee-Keong Then 2016-02-23 $100,273,000
9260357 Hydrocarbon conversion process Matthew B. Yarrison, Alok Mani Srivastava, Roshni Jindal, Chee-Keong Then 2016-02-16 $113,518,000
9000106 Copolymer production system and process Kevin W. Lawson 2015-04-07 $147,545,000
7793687 Inflation/deflation adaptor assembly for inflating and deflating inflatable cargo dunnage bags Thomas C. Keenan, Joel L. Kennedy, Johnny Buchanan 2010-09-14 $17,524,000
7020623 Method of inducing a purchaser to visit a retail outlet at a remote location and of inducing a retail outlet to act as such a remote location Stephen D. Tiley 2006-03-28
7020625 Method of using product pickup to create direct marketing opportunities Stephen D. Tiley 2006-03-28
7008155 Dunnage air bag with improved adhesive bonding of paper plies within the vicinity of the inflation valve Thomas C. Keenan 2006-03-07 $27,687,000
6950803 Method of providing an automated package receptacle for the receipt, storage and pickup of a package at a retail site and for providing marketing and other communications to package recipients Stephen D. Tiley 2005-09-27
6823905 Inflation valve assembly for a dunnage or cargo air bag Thomas C. Keenan 2004-11-30 $23,743,000
5887574 Liquid fuel injection system 1999-03-30
5775281 Determination of heat soak conditions 1998-07-07
5775282 Auxiliary injector 1998-07-07