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Gordon James Smith — 173 Patents

IBM: 127 patents #379 of 70,183Top 1%
HGHGST: 37 patents #25 of 1,677Top 2%
JCJ. Brasch Co.: 2 patents #4 of 9Top 45%
HTHitachi Global Technologies: 2 patents #1 of 10Top 10%
MBMicrogen Engine Corporation Holding B.V.: 1 patents #6 of 25Top 25%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 1 patents #1,155 of 1,301Top 90%
Longmont, CO: #2 of 2,039 inventorsTop 1%
Colorado: #24 of 40,980 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #4,638 of 4,157,543Top 1%
173 Patents All Time
Gordon James Smith has been granted 173 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in August 2023. Gordon James Smith ranks #4,638 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.11%). Patent records list Gordon James Smith in Longmont, CO, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 173 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11730401 Calibrating a sensing device for improved analog-to-digital converter resolution utilization 2023-08-22
11478166 Calibrating a sensing device for improved analog-to-digital converter resolution utilization 2022-10-25
7870390 Data watermarks created by using an uneven sampling period 2011-01-11 $2,856,000
7705479 Stirling engine instability detection and prevention Christopher John Spenceley, Roger Stuart Silcock, Wayne Kenneth Aldridge, Jarlath McEntee, Stephen Charles Welty +1 more 2010-04-27
7694224 Location predicative restoration of compressed images stored on a hard disk drive with soft and hard errors Hal Hjalmar Ottesen 2010-04-06 $5,890,000
7668673 Data watermarks created by using an uneven sampling period 2010-02-23 $6,192,000
7631067 Server initiated predictive failure analysis for disk drives 2009-12-08 $16,023,000
7272755 Apparatus and method for dynamically rerouting a network request based on shared predictive failure information 2007-09-18 $6,075,000
7268965 Method of manufacturing an apparatus and a method for estimating the flyheight of an airbearing slider in a storage device James Hammond Brannon, Hal Hjalmar Ottesen 2007-09-11 $144,000
7209807 Virtual signs for improving information communicated to the automotive driver George W. Van Leeuwen 2007-04-24 $12,783,000
7194418 Methods and systems for dynamic determination of the number of tickets available for purchase 2007-03-20 $5,658,000
7072274 Adaptive mounting system for data storage devices Sri M. Sri-Jayantha 2006-07-04
7051203 Data watermarks created by using an uneven sampling period 2006-05-23 $5,226,000
7027263 Apparatus for look-ahead thermal sensing in a data storage device Hal Hjalmar Ottesen, Sri M. Sri-Jayantha 2006-04-11 $147,000
7023664 Air bearing designs to reduce external van der waals and electrostatic forces Robert Michael Crone, Wing Tsang Tang 2006-04-04 $107,000
6985317 Method and apparatus for testing the reliability of a disk drive William Harlow McConnell 2006-01-10 $177,000
6968325 System and method for automatically adjusting merchandise pricing at a service-oriented interface terminal based upon the quantity of users present at the terminal 2005-11-22 $6,353,000
6956707 Method for look-ahead thermal sensing in a data storage device Sri M. Sri-Jayantha, Hal Hjalmar Ottesen 2005-10-18 $163,000
6948102 Predictive failure analysis for storage networks 2005-09-20 $5,282,000
6937422 Self-monitoring and self-healing of frequency specific position errors in a data storage device Hien Dang, Mirei Hosono, Naoyuki Kagami, Kenji Okada, Arun Sharma +1 more 2005-08-30 $67,000
6927929 Method and apparatus for controlling data read/write between a hard disk and a hard disk controller Karl Gong, Hal Hjalmar Ottesen 2005-08-09 $82,000
6922187 Method and apparatus for implementing a compact portable computer system 2005-07-26 $7,521,000
6914747 Disk drive having electrostatic discharge path defined between disk assembly and base Sri M. Sri-Jayantha 2005-07-05 $106,000
6906878 Method and system for implementing in situ low flyheight warning 2005-06-14 $81,000
6900957 Lubricant depletion detection in a self-healing disk drive Donald Ray Gillis 2005-05-31 $103,000