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Daniel M. Smith — 35 Patents

OROrtronics: 9 patents #9 of 68Top 15%
Micron: 8 patents #1,805 of 6,374Top 30%
Globalfoundries: 5 patents #673 of 4,424Top 20%
LDLegrand Dpc: 4 patents #1 of 34Top 3%
Google: 3 patents #8,096 of 22,993Top 40%
Motorola: 3 patents #5,027 of 14,142Top 40%
FGFossil Group: 1 patents #31 of 70Top 45%
Westerly, RI: #1 of 131 inventorsTop 1%
Rhode Island: #98 of 6,211 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Daniel M. Smith has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ortronics. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in April 2025. Daniel M. Smith ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Daniel M. Smith in Westerly, RI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12265267 Angle polishing systems and methods for multi-ferrule optical connectors Ryan J. Grandidge, Thomas Knychalski, Robert E. Abel 2025-04-01
12158621 Interstitial recessed cantilever latch mechanism for fiber optic and electrical connectors William M. Smith 2024-12-03
12075592 Modular cable management device Thomas Knychalski, Ryan J. Grandidge, Michael J. Moldoch 2024-08-27
12010810 Extendable cable enclosure Thomas Knychalski, Ryan J. Grandidge 2024-06-11
11825622 Single-board computer cartridge 2023-11-21
11714236 Single-station splicing unit and method Ryan J. Grandidge 2023-08-01
11448833 Angle polishing systems and methods for multi-ferrule optical connectors Ryan J. Grandidge, Thomas Knychalski, Robert E. Abel 2022-09-20
11370588 Packaging assemblies for optical fiber applications Ryan J. Grandidge 2022-06-28
11369034 Ejectable cassette, guide column, and ejectable cassette system Thomas Knychalski, Ryan J. Grandidge, Rudolph A. Montgelas 2022-06-21
10996406 Multichannel fiber optic connector, adapter, and contact retention method William M. Smith 2021-05-04
10788640 Splice managers and related methods of use Ryan J. Grandidge, Rudolph A. Montgelas 2020-09-29
10591681 Multichannel fiber optic connector, adapter, and contact retention method William M. Smith 2020-03-17
10585257 Printable color-coded pattern label array for patch field applications 2020-03-10
10446443 Integrated circuit product having a through-substrate-via (TSV) and a metallization layer that are formed after formation of a semiconductor device Himani Suhag Kamineni, Vimal Kamineni, Maxwell Lippitt 2019-10-15 $19,042,000
10236263 Methods and structures for mitigating ESD during wafer bonding Luke England, Tanya A. Atanasova, Daniel W. Fisher, Sukeshwar Kannan 2019-03-19 $18,879,000
10187706 Snap clip fastener assembly 2019-01-22
10168502 Fiber cassette and adapter module with slide lock Ryan J. Grandidge, Normand James Roy, Michael J. Moldoch, James P. Quinn 2019-01-01
10162129 Internal harnessing members and method for bend control of optical fibers in connector assemblies Ryan J. Grandidge, James Lucy, Alex Richard, Randy Harris 2018-12-25
10083958 Deep trench metal-insulator-metal capacitors Sukeshwar Kannan, Somnath Ghosh, Luke England 2018-09-25 $24,598,000
9917009 Methods of forming a through-substrate-via (TSV) and a metallization layer after formation of a semiconductor device Himani Suhag Kamineni, Vimal Kamineni, Maxwell Lippitt 2018-03-13 $10,106,000
9349608 Methods of protecting a dielectric mask layer and related semiconductor devices Zhiguo Sun, Kumarapuram Gopalakrishnan, Hung-Wei Liu 2016-05-24 $1,910,000
6893949 Semiconductor devices having contact plugs and local interconnects and methods for making the same Sanh D. Tang, Jason Taylor 2005-05-17 $941,000
6734071 Methods of forming insulative material against conductive structures Jeffrey W. Honeycutt, Hassan Shahjamali 2004-05-11 $2,113,000
6700205 Semiconductor devices having contact plugs and local interconnects Sanh D. Tang, Jason Taylor 2004-03-02 $4,545,000
6501140 Transistor structures Jeffrey W. Honeycutt, Hassan Shahjamali 2002-12-31 $3,585,000