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Michael Lee Smith — 19 Patents

Microsoft: 10 patents #4,378 of 40,388Top 15%
Schlumberger Technology: 4 patents #1,567 of 7,293Top 25%
HSHalliburton Energy Services: 3 patents #1,863 of 5,294Top 40%
SSStewart & Stevenson: 1 patents #14 of 27Top 55%
Albuquerque, NM: #152 of 4,547 inventorsTop 4%
New Mexico: #275 of 9,035 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Michael Lee Smith has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in February 2025. Michael Lee Smith ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Michael Lee Smith in Albuquerque, NM, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12218255 High voltage gallium nitride vertical PN diode Luke Yates, Brendan Patrick Gunning, Mary H. Crawford, Jeffrey Steinfeldt, Vincent M. Abate +7 more 2025-02-04
11403831 Efficient color theming of background images in web-based mixed reality environments Spencer John Kopach, Amy Scarfone 2022-08-02 $223,267,000
11287947 Contextual input in a three-dimensional environment Vidya Srinivasan, Andrew John Howe, Harold Anthony Martinez Molina, Nathan Bradley Duke, Amy Scarfone +3 more 2022-03-29 $245,387,000
11164395 Structure switching in a three-dimensional environment Vidya Srinivasan, Andrew John Howe, Harold Anthony Martinez Molina, Nathan Bradley Duke, Amy Scarfone +4 more 2021-11-02 $226,584,000
11087560 Normalization of objects for a 3D environment within an authoring application Vidya Srinivasan, Andrew John Howe, Amy Scarfone, Purnima Rao, Aniket Handa +3 more 2021-08-10 $241,410,000
11048376 Text editing system for 3D environment Vidya Srinivasan, Edward Boyle Averett, Andrew John Howe, Harold Anthony Martinez Molina, Nathan Bradley Duke +4 more 2021-06-29 $257,930,000
11039061 Content assistance in a three-dimensional environment Vidya Srinivasan, Andrew John Howe, Amy Scarfone, Purnima Rao, Aniket Handa +3 more 2021-06-15 $163,655,000
11030822 Content indicators in a 3D environment authoring application Vidya Srinivasan, Andrew John Howe, Amy Scarfone, Purnima Rao, Aniket Handa +3 more 2021-06-08 $130,719,000
10726634 Generating and providing platform agnostic scene files in an intermediate format Harold Anthony Martinez Molina, Andrew John Howe, Vidya Srinivasan, Justin Lam 2020-07-28 $115,702,000
10650610 Seamless switching between an authoring view and a consumption view of a three-dimensional scene Vidya Srinivasan, Andrew John Howe, Harold Anthony Martinez Molina 2020-05-12 $80,014,000
10545627 Downloading of three-dimensional scene data for asynchronous navigation Harold Anthony Martinez Molina, Andrew John Howe, Vidya Srinivasan, Aniket Handa 2020-01-28 $91,574,000
6776240 Downhole valve Michael H. Kenison 2004-08-17 $18,241,000
6604582 Downhole fluid pressure signal generation and transmission Joseph K. Flowers, Jeffrey Beckel, Sarmad Adnan, Lawrence J. Leising 2003-08-12 $27,210,000
6006839 Pressurized flexible conduit injection system Michael Dearing 1999-12-28 $4,403,000
5975203 Apparatus and method utilizing a coiled tubing injector for removing or inserting jointed pipe sections Bryan K. Payne, L. Michael McKee 1999-11-02 $66,062,000
5947198 Downhole tool L. Michael McKee, Patrick W. Bixenman, Bruce W. Boyle 1999-09-07 $137,001,000
4700778 Wet connector for use with drill pipe conveyed logging apparatus Donald E. Hensley 1987-10-20 $2,783,000
4678044 Tubing pressure operated initiator for perforating in a well borehole Robert R. Luke, James M. Barker, Larry Grigar, Carl B. Miller 1987-07-07 $34,061,000
4629001 Tubing pressure operated initiator for perforating in a well borehole Carl B. Miller, Robert R. Luke, Larry Grigar 1986-12-16 $9,651,000