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John L. Smith — 3 Patents

IBM: 3 patents #26,335 of 70,183Top 40%
Woodstock, NY: #39 of 111 inventorsTop 40%
New York: #38,631 of 115,490 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
John L. Smith has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in May 1983. John L. Smith ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list John L. Smith in Woodstock, NY, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
4386234 Cryptographic communication and file security using terminals William F. Ehrsam, Robert C. Elander, Stephen M. Matyas, Carl H. W. Meyer, Robert L. Powers +2 more 1983-05-31 $23,750,000
4238853 Cryptographic communication security for single domain networks William F. Ehrsam, Robert C. Elander, Stephen M. Matyas, Carl H. W. Meyer, Robert L. Powers +2 more 1980-12-09 $18,918,000
4238854 Cryptographic file security for single domain networks William F. Ehrsam, Robert C. Elander, Stephen M. Matyas, Carl H. W. Meyer, Walter L. Tuchman 1980-12-09 $18,918,000