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Steven Smith — 30 Patents

PRPromerus: 8 patents #18 of 140Top 15%
Merck: 4 patents #2,516 of 9,382Top 30%
MDMindshare Design: 4 patents #1 of 5Top 20%
ATAT&T: 3 patents #5,559 of 18,772Top 30%
Broadcom: 3 patents #3,179 of 9,346Top 35%
FIFlightsafety International: 2 patents #5 of 13Top 40%
Caltech: 2 patents #1,302 of 4,321Top 35%
PRPrecision: 1 patents #14 of 28Top 50%
EAEni, A Div. Of Astec America: 1 patents #3 of 6Top 50%
SCSumitomo Bakelite Co.: 1 patents #403 of 790Top 55%
MEMetcal: 1 patents #23 of 47Top 50%
LMLubrizol Advanced Materials: 1 patents #141 of 282Top 50%
BLBritish Telecommunications Public Limited: 1 patents #627 of 1,458Top 45%
Brecksville, OH: #7 of 277 inventorsTop 3%
Ohio: #1,786 of 73,341 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Steven Smith has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Promerus. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in November 2025. Steven Smith ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Steven Smith in Brecksville, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2010.peak 51983: 1 patents19831984: 1 patents1986: 1 patents19861993: 1 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 5 patents2011: 1 patents20112013: 2 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 3 patents2020: 1 patents20202022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12462591 Automated cell culture analysis and classification and detection Takashi Wakui 2025-11-04
11257392 Apparatus, engine, system and method of providing simulation of and training for the operation of heavy equipment Randall A. Palmer, Justin M. Rempel, Jack E. Cochran, Kevin L. Greer, Douglas J. Middleton 2022-02-22
10685580 Apparatus, engine, system and method of providing simulation of and training for the operation of heavy equipment Randall A. Palmer, Justin M. Rempel, Jack E. Cochran, Kevin L. Greer, Douglas J. Middleton 2020-06-16
9647213 Interlayer for electronic devices David Christoph Müller, Pawel Miskiewicz, Toby Cull, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Andrew Bell +5 more 2017-05-09 $96,276,000
9647222 Gate insulator layer for organic electronic devices David Christoph Müller, Toby Cull, Pawel Miskiewicz, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Andrew Bell +5 more 2017-05-09 $96,276,000
9583713 Interlayer for electronic devices David Christoph Mueller, Pawel Miskiewicz, Toby Cull, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Andrew Bell +5 more 2017-02-28 $88,591,000
9328179 Water soluble norbornene-type polymers and photoimageable compositions thereof Larry F. Rhodes, Hugh Alfred Burgoon, Kazuyoshi Fujita 2016-05-03
9175123 Gate insulator layer for organic electronic devices David Christoph Mueller, Toby Cull, Pawel Miskiewicz, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Andrew Bell +5 more 2015-11-03 $40,718,000
8673277 Structured acrylate copolymer thickeners Krishnan Tamareselvy, Deborah S. Filla, David L. Dashiell, Gary W. Gray, Yi Yang +1 more 2014-03-18
8663904 Norbornene-type polymers, compositions thereof and lithographic process using such compositions Pramod Kandanarachchi, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Larry F. Rhodes 2014-03-04
8541523 Norbornene-type polymers, compositions thereof and lithographic process using such compositions Pramod Kandanarachchi, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Larry F. Rhodes 2013-09-24
8489934 Messaging system Paul S Boardman, David L Tullett 2013-07-16 $3,621,000
7886281 System and methods for cross-tier transaction tracing Eric Schank, Brian Mead Tyler 2011-02-08 $4,753,000
7793304 System and method for monitoring memory usage Eric Schank 2010-09-07 $12,305,000
7759439 Use of a combination chain transfer and activating agent to control molecular weight and optical density of Pd catalyzed norbornene polymers Larry F. Rhodes, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Chun Chang, Patrick Bradley 2010-07-20
7716652 System and methods for tracing transactions Eric Schank, Brian Mead Tyler 2010-05-11 $11,265,000
7660857 Systems and methods for automatically updating electronic mail access lists Kenneth A. Schmidt 2010-02-09
7657599 Systems and methods for automatically updating electronic mail access lists 2010-02-02
7562119 Systems and methods for automatically updating electronic mail access lists Kenneth A. Schmidt, Maxwell H. Bunshaft 2009-07-14
7395314 Systems and methods for governing the performance of high volume electronic mail delivery Kenneth A. Schmidt 2008-07-01
6921906 Mass spectrometer Frank T. Hartley 2005-07-26
6407917 Fluid flow management system Thomas F. Craft, Jr., Charles E. Johnson, Dinh G. Lai, Dianne S. Wolpensinger 2002-06-18 $9,875,000
6269007 Apparatus and method for latching a circuit pack David John Pongracz 2001-07-31 $41,565,000
6008715 Electro-static discharge (ESD) hardened fuse Noah Gottfried, David John Pongracz 1999-12-28 $61,728,000
5942890 Rotating shaft monitoring device with a universal attaching mechanism Allen V. Reicks, Darrell Huffine 1999-08-24