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Kenneth Smith — 8 Patents

IBM: 3 patents #26,335 of 70,183Top 40%
WKWittenstein Gmbh & Co. Kg: 2 patents #1 of 14Top 8%
Germantown, TN: #85 of 458 inventorsTop 20%
Tennessee: #2,376 of 20,272 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Kenneth Smith has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in November 2015. Kenneth Smith ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Kenneth Smith in Germantown, TN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2004.peak 21991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents19921995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19961998: 1 patents19982004: 2 patents20042015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D743222 Shutoff valve remover tool 2015-11-17
6739210 Device for controlling an engine 2004-05-25
6708580 Device for controlling an apparatus Jörg Henle 2004-03-23
5734234 Cathode ray tube display with deflection yoke and radiation shield John Beeteson 1998-03-31 $13,730,000
5563476 Cathode ray tube display John Beeteson 1996-10-08 $9,670,000
5385157 Cigarette snuffing and storing device Adam Pliska 1995-01-31
5132827 Optical fibre communication link for connecting a peripheral device to a computer system David Sawdon 1992-07-21 $8,627,000
5050421 Hand tool for fastening a terminal in an insulator 1991-09-24