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Daniel A. Smith — 11 Patents

FSFirst Solar: 5 patents #61 of 324Top 20%
BLBlr Aerospace, L.L.C.: 2 patents #2 of 3Top 70%
GSGate Pallet Systems: 2 patents #3 of 7Top 45%
PHPharmacyclics: 2 patents #61 of 113Top 55%
UTUniversity Of Texas: 2 patents #10 of 278Top 4%
Perrysburg, OH: #49 of 459 inventorsTop 15%
Ohio: #7,244 of 73,341 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Daniel A. Smith has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at First Solar. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in April 2024. Daniel A. Smith ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Daniel A. Smith in Perrysburg, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2022.peak 31991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents19921996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents19972019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents20202022: 3 patents20222024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1023907 Support assembly for a photovoltaic device Joshua Conley, Benjamin DeFresart, Peter Hruby, Thomas Truman, Joseph Vaillant 2024-04-23
11447243 Helicopter with anti-torque system, related kit and methods Michael D. Carpenter 2022-09-20
D944724 Photovoltaic device Joshua Conley, Benjamin C. de Fresart, Peter Hruby, Matthew Kuzila, Weixin Li +3 more 2022-03-01
D943507 Photovoltaic device Joshua Conley, Benjamin C. de Fresart, Peter Hruby, Matthew Kuzila, Weixin Li +3 more 2022-02-15
10812013 Frame assemblies and photovoltaic devices including the same Joshua Conley, Benjamin DeFresart, Peter Hruby, Matthew Kuzila, Thomas Truman 2020-10-20 $96,884,000
D848362 Photovoltaic device Joshua Conley, Benjamin C. de Fresart, Peter Hruby, Matthew Kuzila, Weixin Li +3 more 2019-05-14
10279899 Helicopter with anti-torque system, related kit and methods Michael D. Carpenter 2019-05-07
5594136 Texaphyrin solid supports and devices Jonathan L. Sessler, Brent L. Iverson, Vladimir A. Kr al, Richard E. Thomas, Darren Magda 1997-01-14 $2,688,000
5559207 Texaphyrin metal complex mediated ester hydrolysis Jonathan L. Sessler, Richard A. Miller, Kevin L. Ross, Meredith Wright, William C. Dow +3 more 1996-09-24 $2,309,000
5083996 Method for manufacturing pallet assembly 1992-01-28
5001991 Corrugated construction pallet assembly 1991-03-26