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Tory Smith — 9 Patents

Ford: 5 patents #3,393 of 17,473Top 20%
Delphi Technologies: 1 patents #2,130 of 4,124Top 55%
Mountain View, CA: #2,394 of 11,022 inventorsTop 25%
California: #67,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Tory Smith has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in August 2024. Tory Smith ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Tory Smith in Mountain View, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2017 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2017.peak 22017: 2 patents20172019: 1 patents20192020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents20222024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12073654 Method for identifying a user entering an autonomous vehicle Fabien Blanc-Paques, Gahl Levy, Chip J. Alexander, Vineet Jain 2024-08-27
11967109 Vehicle localization using cameras Sarah Houts, Alexandru Mihai Gurghian, Vidya Nariyambut Murali 2024-04-23 $13,978,000
11267440 User identification systems and methods Zachary David Nelson, Shane Elwart, Bibhrajit Halder, Jonathan Thomas Mullen, Scott Vincent Myers +1 more 2022-03-08 $15,892,000
11216972 Vehicle localization using cameras Sarah Houts, Alexandru Mihai Gurghian, Vidya Nariyambut Murali 2022-01-04 $38,623,000
11106927 Method for monitoring an interior state of an autonomous vehicle Carol Reiley, Fabien Blanc-Paques, Vineet Jain, Gahl Levy, Caitlin A. Surakitbanharn +1 more 2021-08-31
10853629 Method for identifying a user entering an autonomous vehicle Fabien Blanc-Paques, Gahl Levy, Chip J. Alexander, Vineet Jain 2020-12-01
10430968 Vehicle localization using cameras Sarah Houts, Alexandru Mihai Gurghian, Vidya Nariyambut Murali 2019-10-01
9707911 Identifying a driver of a vehicle Scott Vincent Myers, Shane Elwart, Walter Joseph Talamonti, Jonathan Thomas Mullen, Zachary David Nelson +2 more 2017-07-18 $5,101,000
9555807 Automated vehicle parameter modification based on operator override Michael H. Laur, John P. Absmeier 2017-01-31