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Eric B. Smith — 13 Patents

IBM: 13 patents #8,610 of 70,183Top 15%
Concord, NC: #28 of 366 inventorsTop 8%
North Carolina: #3,906 of 45,564 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Eric B. Smith has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in April 2016. Eric B. Smith ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Eric B. Smith in Concord, NC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9306745 Secure key management Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr +2 more 2016-04-05 $4,230,000
9288051 Secure key management Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Thomas J. Dewkett, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly +3 more 2016-03-15 $3,165,000
9264230 Secure key management Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Thomas J. Dewkett, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly +3 more 2016-02-16 $2,821,000
9252944 Key wrapping for common cryptographic architecture (CCA) key token Todd W. Arnold, Gerald K. Boyter, Elizabeth A. Dames, Richard V. Kisley 2016-02-02 $1,325,000
8856520 Secure key management Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr +2 more 2014-10-07 $3,450,000
8789210 Key usage policies for cryptographic keys Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr +2 more 2014-07-22 $5,473,000
8755527 Key management policies for cryptographic keys Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr +2 more 2014-06-17 $4,121,000
8739297 Key usage policies for cryptographic keys Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr +2 more 2014-05-27 $4,024,000
8713709 Key management policies for cryptographic keys Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Michael J. Kelly, Kenneth B. Kerr +2 more 2014-04-29 $5,775,000
8634561 Secure key management Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley +2 more 2014-01-21 $5,923,000
8619990 Secure key creation Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley +1 more 2013-12-31 $6,686,000
8619992 Secure key creation Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley +1 more 2013-12-31 $6,686,000
8566913 Secure key management Todd W. Arnold, Elizabeth A. Dames, Carsten D. Frehr, Kenneth B. Kerr, Richard V. Kisley +2 more 2013-10-22 $5,163,000