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Irl W. Smith — 29 Patents

RTX (Raytheon): 28 patents #259 of 15,912Top 2%
ACAmana Company: 1 patents #13 of 33Top 40%
Concord, MA: #50 of 720 inventorsTop 7%
Massachusetts: #3,317 of 88,656 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Irl W. Smith has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at RTX (Raytheon). The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in September 2017. Irl W. Smith ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Irl W. Smith in Concord, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1984.peak 41980: 1 patents19801981: 1 patents1984: 4 patents19841985: 2 patents1989: 1 patents19891991: 2 patents1992: 1 patents19921994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951997: 1 patents1998: 2 patents19981999: 1 patents2001: 1 patents20012003: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 3 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9772451 High power optical switch Terry A. Dorschner 2017-09-26 $25,046,000
9680565 Free-space optical network with agile beam-based protection switching William J. Miniscalco 2017-06-13 $34,923,000
9632345 Liquid crystal control structure, tip-tilt-focus optical phased array and high power adaptive optic Terry A. Dorschner, Amanda J. Kirchner, Steven R. Collins, Daniel P. Resler, Linda A. Palmaccio 2017-04-25 $14,837,000
9477135 Non-mechanically steered high-power laser transmitter Gerald P. Uyeno, Sean D. Keller 2016-10-25 $20,150,000
9470953 High power optical switch Terry A. Dorschner 2016-10-18 $22,771,000
8594511 Method and apparatus for maintaining a coherent combined beam during arbitrary steering Kirk L. Fisher, Evelyn W. Kapusta 2013-11-26 $12,204,000
8116632 Space-time division multiple-access laser communications system William J. Miniscalco, Robert D. O'Shea, Howard L. Waldman 2012-02-14 $9,203,000
7428100 Wide-angle beam steering system Michael Holz 2008-09-23 $56,455,000
7215472 Wide-angle beam steering system Michael Holz 2007-05-08 $16,316,000
6545563 Digitally controlled monolithic microwave integrated circuits 2003-04-08 $33,608,000
6282224 Non-planar Q-switched ring laser system Richard C. Sharp 2001-08-28 $17,480,000
5986590 Antenna system L. E. Andre Brunel 1999-11-16
5821901 Antenna system Robert P. Zagrodnick, L. E. Andre Brunel 1998-10-13
5805769 Adjustable ellipsoidal reflector for food heating apparatus Edward R. Cook, Joseph R. Adamski 1998-09-08
5654716 Circuit for short duration multiple look pulse based frequency measurement Mark J. Donovan, James C. Patrikis 1997-08-05 $82,958,000
5412475 Diagonal pathlength control Terry A. Dorschner 1995-05-02 $30,209,000
5333046 Diagonal pathlength control Terry A. Dorschner, Vincenzo D. Pitruzzella 1994-07-26 $36,255,000
5084898 Passive pathlength control mirror for laser Terry A. Dorschner, Michael Holz 1992-01-28 $13,330,000
5063361 Serrodyne modulator Manfred Schindler 1991-11-05 $6,171,000
5004343 Multiple ring paths in one block Terry A. Dorschner 1991-04-02 $6,094,000
4813774 Skewed rhombus ring laser gyro Terry A. Dorschner, Hermann Statz 1989-03-21 $3,088,000
4548501 Laser gyroscope system Terry A. Dorschner 1985-10-22 $16,678,000
4504123 High efficiency polarizing beamsplitter 1985-03-12 $17,636,000
4482249 Electromagnetic wave ring resonator Terry A. Dorschner 1984-11-13 $17,369,000
4470701 Dispersion equalized ring laser gyroscope 1984-09-11 $6,263,000