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Michael B. Smith — 19 Patents

LSLsi: 4 patents #885 of 3,238Top 30%
COConix: 3 patents #2 of 6Top 35%
TOThe Standard Oil: 2 patents #183 of 601Top 35%
S(Standard Oil Company (Indiana): 2 patents #142 of 576Top 25%
AMAmoco: 1 patents #610 of 1,251Top 50%
GE: 1 patents #19,940 of 36,430Top 55%
ARAtlantic Richfield: 1 patents #526 of 1,068Top 50%
EUEmory University: 1 patents #549 of 1,217Top 50%
Knoxville, TN: #115 of 2,927 inventorsTop 4%
Tennessee: #832 of 20,272 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Michael B. Smith has been granted 19 US patents. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in February 2022. Michael B. Smith ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Michael B. Smith in Knoxville, TN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1983.peak 21983: 2 patents19831984: 2 patents1987: 1 patents19871990: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951997: 1 patents2000: 2 patents20002002: 1 patents2005: 2 patents20052006: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092017: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182020: 1 patents2022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11242744 Real time flow analysis methods and continuous mass balance and wellbore pressure calculations from real-time density and flow measurements Bruce E. Smith, David P. Smith, Scott A. Grubb 2022-02-08
10738551 Real time flow analysis methods and continuous mass balance and wellbore pressure calculations from real-time density and flow measurements Bruce E. Smith, David P. Smith, Scott A. Grubb 2020-08-11
10028492 Methods and systems for maintaining a constant depth Jeremy Adam Lehl 2018-07-24
9738361 Device and method for autonomously seeking, then maintaining a constant depth while in motion through the water either by retrieval or being towed Jeremy Adam Lehl 2017-08-22
7632445 Integrated co-injection molded vehicle components and methods of making the same Marshall Ray Porter, Norman Guschewski, Keith Korte, Todd C. Parker, Russell R. York 2009-12-15
6998174 Integrated co-injection molded vehicle components and methods of making the same Marshall Ray Porter, Norman Guschewski, Keith Korte, Todd C. Parker, Russell R. York 2006-02-14
6875476 Methods and apparatus for manufacturing turbine engine components Philip Hawtin 2005-04-05 $54,857,000
6838034 Multi-part sequential valve gating Keith Korte, Todd C. Parker, Russell R. York 2005-01-04
6353906 Testing synchronization circuitry using digital simulation Michael J. Tresidder 2002-03-05 $33,287,000
6131079 Method and device for automatic simulation verification 2000-10-10 $16,726,000
6041348 N-port algorithm for disabling a node within a network during reset 2000-03-21 $90,168,000
5594886 Pseudo-LRU cache memory replacement method and apparatus utilizing nodes Michael J. Tresidder 1997-01-14 $11,727,000
5435400 Lateral well drilling 1995-07-25 $60,601,000
4953500 Door system for large primate caging E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Duane M. Rumbaugh, Samuel O. Smith 1990-09-04
4678037 Method and apparatus for completing a plurality of zones in a wellbore 1987-07-07 $117,606,000
4478282 Height control technique in hydraulic fracturing treatments Kenneth G. Nolte 1984-10-23 $19,475,000
4434848 Maximizing fracture extension in massive hydraulic fracturing 1984-03-06 $15,931,000
4393933 Determination of maximum fracture pressure Kenneth G. Nolte 1983-07-19 $37,759,000
4372380 Method for determination of fracture closure pressure Kenneth G. Nolte 1983-02-08 $93,840,000