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Andrew B. Smith — 33 Patents

IBM: 29 patents #3,540 of 70,183Top 6%
Microsoft: 4 patents #10,758 of 40,388Top 30%
Morrisville, NC: #41 of 952 inventorsTop 5%
North Carolina: #1,141 of 45,564 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #105,480 of 4,157,543Top 3%
33 Patents All Time
Andrew B. Smith has been granted 33 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in April 2024. Andrew B. Smith ranks #105,480 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.5%). Patent records list Andrew B. Smith in Morrisville, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2015.peak 92011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents20122013: 6 patents20132014: 3 patents20142015: 9 patents20152016: 6 patents20162017: 3 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents20192024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11972086 Automatic increasing of capacity of a virtual space in a virtual world Peter F. Haggar, Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II, Luis J. Ostdiek 2024-04-30
10284454 Automatic increasing of capacity of a virtual space in a virtual world Peter F. Haggar, Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II, Luis J. Ostdiek 2019-05-07 $158,553,000
10176450 Mapping transactions between the real world and a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Peter F. Haggar, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II 2019-01-08 $2,287,000
9927868 Perspective based tagging and visualization of avatars in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II 2018-03-27 $2,459,000
9811687 Common location of user managed authorization Robert Alan Flavin, David G. Robinson 2017-11-07 $4,555,000
9586149 Collaborative virtual business objects social sharing in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Peter F. Haggar, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II, Christopher J. Dawson 2017-03-07 $2,625,000
9568993 Automated avatar mood effects in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Steven K. Speicher 2017-02-14 $1,939,000
9454737 Solution that leverages an instant messaging system to manage ad hoc business process workflows William Bruce Nicol, II 2016-09-27 $4,099,000
9373137 Mapping transactions between the real world and a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Peter F. Haggar, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II 2016-06-21 $3,815,000
9323856 URL virtual naming and metadata mapping Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II, Peter F. Haggar 2016-04-26 $2,956,000
9324021 Avoiding non-intentional separation of avatars in a virtual world Peter F. Haggar, Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II 2016-04-26 $2,956,000
9299178 Generation of animated gesture responses in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor 2016-03-29 $2,226,000
9230237 Contract amendment mechanism in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House 2016-01-05 $2,535,000
9223399 Translation of gesture responses in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II, Peter F. Haggar 2015-12-29 $4,224,000
9195363 Perspective based tagging and visualization of avatars in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II 2015-11-24 $3,572,000
9164664 System and method for avatar cloning William Bruce Nicol, II, Brian R. Bokor, Peter F. Haggar, Daniel Edward House 2015-10-20 $3,961,000
9152914 Automatic increasing of capacity of a virtual space in a virtual world Peter F. Haggar, Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II, Luis J. Ostdiek 2015-10-06 $129,650,000
9063565 Automated avatar creation and interaction in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Steven K. Speicher 2015-06-23 $4,496,000
9054862 Access control key management in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor 2015-06-09 $3,292,000
9021113 Inter-service sharing of content between users from different social networks Derek W. Carr, Thomas Schaeck, Michael C. Wanderski, Mark Weitzel 2015-04-28 $3,749,000
8997134 Controlling presentation flow based on content element feedback Eric Woods 2015-03-31 $4,156,000
8992316 Allowing an alternative action in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Peter F. Haggar, Daniel Edward House, William Bruce Nicol, II 2015-03-31 $88,081,000
8756530 Generation and synchronization of offline 3D virtual world content William Bruce Nicol, II, Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, Peter F. Haggar 2014-06-17 $4,121,000
8726352 Administration of access control keys in a virtual world Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House 2014-05-13 $6,724,000
8659623 Three-dimensional (3D) virtual world wormholes Wiliam B. Nicol, II, Brian R. Bokor, Daniel Edward House, Peter F. Haggar 2014-02-25 $6,334,000