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R. Bruce Smith — 4 Patents

OCOptical Cable: 2 patents #12 of 27Top 45%
BRBrintec: 1 patents #3 of 7Top 45%
SISuperior Modular Products Incorporated: 1 patents #10 of 18Top 60%
Asheville, NC: #129 of 539 inventorsTop 25%
North Carolina: #12,022 of 45,564 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,080,739 of 4,157,543Top 30%
4 Patents All Time
R. Bruce Smith has been granted 4 US patents while listed as an inventor at Optical Cable. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in May 2017. R. Bruce Smith ranks #1,080,739 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 26.0%). Patent records list R. Bruce Smith in Asheville, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1989.peak 11989: 1 patents19891996: 1 patents19962015: 1 patents20152017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–4 of 4 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9666999 Telecommunications patching system having moveable cassettes Sumio Seo, Ian J. Timmins, James Yanik, Derrick F. Stikeleather, Sterling Vaden 2017-05-30 $326,000
9097872 High density telecommunications patching system and cassettes Sumio Seo, Ian J. Timmins, James Yanik, Derrick F. Stikeleather, Sterling Vaden 2015-08-04 $251,000
5575665 Patch panel with hinged tie bar John G. Shramawick 1996-11-19
4850901 Communications outlet Virgil T. Bolick, Jr., Kenneth W. Brownell 1989-07-25

Frequent Collaborators

Sumio Seo2 shared
Derrick F. Stikeleather2 shared
James Yanik2 shared
Sterling Vaden2 shared
Ian J. Timmins2 shared
Kenneth W. Brownell1 shared

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