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Michael J. Smith — 4 Patents

IBM: 3 patents #26,335 of 70,183Top 40%
Microsoft: 1 patents #24,968 of 40,388Top 65%
Bellevue, WA: #2,352 of 6,950 inventorsTop 35%
Washington: #23,275 of 76,902 inventorsTop 35%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
Michael J. Smith has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in November 2019. Michael J. Smith ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list Michael J. Smith in Bellevue, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2012 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2012.peak 12012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents20142019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10482638 Collaborative commenting in a drawing tool L. Tucker Hatfield, Andrew G. Carlson, David Charles Wadsworth, Brian T. Hill, Robert James Straavaldson +2 more 2019-11-19 $64,062,000
8825834 Automated cluster member management based on node capabilities Elizabeth Black-Ziegelbein, Tsu-Phin Hee, Brian Martin 2014-09-02 $3,373,000
8588587 Navigation interface with ghost region Elizabeth Black-Ziegelbein, Sarah M. Peck, McGill Quinn 2013-11-19 $3,686,000
8140991 Drag and drop rule topology Elizabeth Black-Ziegelbein, Tsu-Phin Hee 2012-03-20 $2,170,000