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William J. Smith — 6 Patents

Merck: 6 patents #1,833 of 9,382Top 20%
Harleysville, PA: #90 of 322 inventorsTop 30%
Pennsylvania: #13,718 of 74,527 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
William J. Smith has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Merck. The first was granted in 2021 and the most recent in April 2025. William J. Smith ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list William J. Smith in Harleysville, PA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2021 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2021.peak 22021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12280107 Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine formulations Cecilia Giovarelli, Denise K. Nawrocki 2025-04-22
12097250 Compositions comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide-protein conjugates and methods of use thereof Patrick McHugh, Michael Albert Winters, Julie M. Skinner, Jian He, Luwy Musey +3 more 2024-09-24 $500,862,000
11850278 Compositions comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide-protein conjugates and methods of use thereof Patrick McHugh, Michael Albert Winters, Julie M. Skinner, Jian He, Luwy Musey +3 more 2023-12-26 $201,652,000
11219680 Polysaccharide-protein conjugates utilizing diphtheria toxin fragment B as a carrier John E. MacNair, Michael Albert Winters, Thomas Svab, Sheng-Ching Wang, Cecilia Giovarelli 2022-01-11 $321,763,000
11116828 Compositions comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide-protein conjugates and methods of use thereof Patrick McHugh, Michael Albert Winters, Julie M. Skinner, Jian He, Luwy Musey +3 more 2021-09-14 $141,891,000
11090374 Enhancing immunogenicity of Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide-protein conjugates Jian He, John E. MacNair, Michael Albert Winters, Joseph G. Joyce, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana +7 more 2021-08-17 $330,948,000