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Michael K. Smith — 11 Patents

FRFreightliner: 2 patents #24 of 111Top 25%
Nike: 2 patents #1,585 of 2,652Top 60%
ELEuropean Gas Turbines Limited: 1 patents #5 of 16Top 35%
NMNmtc: 1 patents #4 of 8Top 50%
Midland, TX: #30 of 491 inventorsTop 7%
Texas: #13,915 of 125,132 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Michael K. Smith has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Freightliner. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in September 2025. Michael K. Smith ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Michael K. Smith in Midland, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12421847 Air motor assembly Michael P. Sanders 2025-09-23
12104879 Modified apparel for gun support Michel Kanarek 2024-10-01
11312459 Outboard motor support Brian Jordan, Alan Wright 2022-04-26
8484766 Athletic garment with articulated body protective underlayer 2013-07-16 $54,030,000
7891026 Athletic garment with articulated body protective underlayer 2011-02-22 $65,405,000
D629581 Tray for utility cart 2010-12-21
7081574 Kit for applying surface indicia to a guitar body 2006-07-25
6264222 Retractable stairway assembly for a vehicle David Johnston, Nasser Zamani, William G. Massey, III, Luis A. Novoa, Michael von Mayenburg +3 more 2001-07-24
6178364 Method of controlling a retractable stairway assembly Paul J. Delurey, David Johnston, Nasser Zamani, William G. Massey, III, Luis A. Novoa +3 more 2001-01-23
5720554 Apparatus and method for the calibration of thermal paint David Granger Marriott 1998-02-24
4700731 Foldable shade structure 1987-10-20