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James A. Smith — 45 Patents

Kla-Tencor: 11 patents #211 of 2,049Top 15%
BHBaker Hughes Holdings: 9 patents #508 of 4,186Top 15%
GE: 3 patents #10,387 of 36,430Top 30%
CRCreative Products Resource: 2 patents #3 of 8Top 40%
BABattelle Energy Alliance: 2 patents #190 of 611Top 35%
LSLeupold & Stevens: 1 patents #45 of 71Top 65%
LOLoon: 1 patents #32 of 62Top 55%
SOSoftbank: 1 patents #59 of 194Top 35%
SUSundstrand: 1 patents #357 of 697Top 55%
TSTerra Drive Systems: 1 patents #4 of 8Top 50%
UEUS Dept of Energy: 1 patents #1,355 of 5,099Top 30%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Amazon: 1 patents #10,717 of 19,158Top 60%
ATAT&T: 1 patents #10,636 of 18,772Top 60%
BOBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations: 1 patents #478 of 1,057Top 50%
BLBritish United Shoe Machinery Limited: 1 patents #21 of 52Top 45%
Caltech: 1 patents #2,143 of 4,321Top 50%
Manvel, TX: #1 of 118 inventorsTop 1%
Texas: #2,078 of 125,132 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #64,393 of 4,157,543Top 2%
45 Patents All Time
James A. Smith has been granted 45 US patents. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in September 2025. James A. Smith ranks #64,393 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list James A. Smith in Manvel, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2019.peak 51980: 1 patents19801981: 1 patents1984: 1 patents1988: 1 patents19881990: 1 patents1992: 1 patents1993: 2 patents19931994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents1996: 3 patents19961999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2010: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 2 patents2016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 5 patents2020: 4 patents20202021: 3 patents2022: 4 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 45 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12428933 Clean up and actuation tool, method, and system Wilfred Provost, Benjamin Farrar 2025-09-30
12190498 Print check repeater defect detection Nurmohammed Patwary, Heonju SHIN, Jusang Maeng, Kenong Wu, Xiaochun Li +1 more 2025-01-07
11522267 Sensing units including a radio-frequency sensor, and related systems, devices, and methods 2022-12-06
11431976 System and method for inspection using tensor decomposition and singular value decomposition Nurmohammed Patwary, Richard Wallingford, Xiaochun Li, Vladimir Tumakov, Bjorn Brauer 2022-08-30 $73,326,000
11328411 Print check repeater defect detection Hong Chen, Kenong Wu, Xiaochun Li, Eugene Shifrin, Qing Luo +7 more 2022-05-10 $90,461,000
11317466 Remote monitoring of geographically distributed assets using mobile platforms 2022-04-26
11146687 Harmonising telephony conversations involving embedded devices and social media applications 2021-10-12 $97,871,000
11131146 Prevention of backflow during drilling and completion operations Daniel S. Bangert 2021-09-28 $32,213,000
10925114 Remote monitoring of geographically distributed assets using mobile platforms 2021-02-16
10669820 Frac and gravel packing system having return path and method Adam McGuire, Wilfred Provost, Hector H. Mireles, Andrew Cayson 2020-06-02 $9,165,000
10620100 Non-contact velocity measurement instruments and systems, and related methods Jeffrey M. Lacy 2020-04-14
10605744 Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer Lu Chen, Jason Kirkwood, Mohan Mahadevan, Lisheng Gao, Junqing Huang +2 more 2020-03-31
10544629 Debris management assembly Benjamin Farrar 2020-01-28 $19,868,000
10428609 Downhole tool actuation system having indexing mechanism and method Benjamin Farrar, Hector H. Mireles 2019-10-01 $9,767,000
10428622 Force multiplyer used to actuate a ball valve Larry Urban 2019-10-01 $9,767,000
10233733 Crossover tool, method of making a crossover tool and two parts of a two-part crossover tool Robert S. O'Brien 2019-03-19 $9,358,000
10214993 Straddle frac tool with pump through feature apparatus and method Zachary S. Silva, Christopher K. Elliott, Adam McGuire, Robert S. O'Brien 2019-02-26 $8,853,000
10186028 Defect signal to noise enhancement by reducing die to die process noise Bjorn Brauer 2019-01-22
10066478 Indicating apparatus, system, and method Zachary S. Silva, Robert S. O'Brien 2018-09-04 $9,283,000
9932823 Downhole system having selective locking apparatus and method Zachary S. Silva 2018-04-03 $8,901,000
9880107 Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer Lu Chen, Jason Kirkwood, Mohan Mahadevan, Lisheng Gao, Junqing Huang +2 more 2018-01-30
9772227 Laser spiderweb sensor used with portable handheld devices David Scott, Alexander Ksendzov, Warren P. George, Abdullah S. Aljabri, Joel M. Steinkraus +2 more 2017-09-26
9512015 Method and system for water treatment 2016-12-06
9387881 Land vehicle steering system including selective inboard and outboard wheels adjustment James L. Jackson, Daniel Pitstick 2016-07-12
8467047 Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer Lu Chen, Jason Kirkwood, Mohan Mahadevan, Lisheng Gao, Junqing Huang +2 more 2013-06-18 $24,920,000