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Rhett Smith — 29 Patents

SLSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories: 26 patents #15 of 418Top 4%
CUClemson University: 1 patents #139 of 475Top 30%
CUClemson University: 1 patents #68 of 317Top 25%
Clemson, SC: #5 of 297 inventorsTop 2%
South Carolina: #308 of 15,501 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Rhett Smith has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in March 2025. Rhett Smith ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Rhett Smith in Clemson, SC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2020.peak 72014: 2 patents20142015: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 5 patents20192020: 7 patents2021: 3 patents20212022: 3 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12252664 Free fatty acid-based composites Andrew G. Tennyson 2025-03-18
12160363 Incorporation of parallel redundancy protocol in a software defined network Tristan Lloyd Mullis, Kylan T. Robinson 2024-12-03
11750502 Detection of in-band software defined network controllers using parallel redundancy protocol Tristan Lloyd Mullis 2023-09-05
11418432 Automated communication flow discovery and configuration in a software defined network Paul A. Belussi, Kylan T. Robinson, Lance G. Dice, Glenn C. Bethmann 2022-08-16
11374866 Event-based flow control in software-defined networks Dennis Gammel 2022-06-28
11336564 Detection of active hosts using parallel redundancy protocol in software defined networks Tristan Lloyd Mullis 2022-05-17
11012442 Address resolution protocol response handling Josh Powers, Robert Meine, Dennis Gammel 2021-05-18
10979309 Automated convergence of physical design and configuration of software defined network David M. Buehler, Josh Powers 2021-04-13
10899667 Covalently cross-linked lignocellulosic composites and applications thereof Andrew G. Tennyson 2021-01-26
10812392 Event-based flow control in software-defined networks Dennis Gammel 2020-10-20
10785189 Selective port mirroring and in-band transport of network communications for inspection Jason A. Dearien, Robert Meine 2020-09-22
10756956 Trigger alarm actions and alarm-triggered network flows in software-defined networks Dennis Gammel 2020-08-25
10721218 Communication device for implementing selective encryption in a software defined network Barry Jakob Grussling 2020-07-21
10659314 Communication host profiles Jason A. Dearien, Marc Ryan Berner 2020-05-19
10581684 Network management via a secondary communication channel in a software defined network Dennis Gammel 2020-03-03
10560390 Time-based network operation profiles in a software-defined network Dennis Gammel 2020-02-11
10498633 Traffic activity-based signaling to adjust forwarding behavior of packets Robert Meine 2019-12-03
10404714 Policy-managed physical access authentication George W. Masters, Kylan T. Robinson, Bogdan Z. Kasztenny 2019-09-03
10380815 Transient asset management systems and methods Kylan T. Robinson, George W. Masters, Ryan Bradetich 2019-08-13
10341311 Communication device for implementing selective encryption in a software defined network Barry Jakob Grussling 2019-07-02
10298498 Routing of traffic in network through automatically generated and physically distinct communication paths Marc Ryan Berner, Josh Powers, David M. Buehler, Jason A. Dearien 2019-05-21
9923779 Configuration of a software defined network Marc Ryan Berner, Jason A. Dearien, Josh Powers, Grant O. Boomer 2018-03-20
9866483 Routing of traffic in network through automatically generated and physically distinct communication paths Marc Ryan Berner, Josh Powers, David M. Buehler, Jason A. Dearien 2018-01-09
9773363 Transient asset management systems and methods Kylan T. Robinson, George W. Masters, Ryan Bradetich 2017-09-26
9686125 Network reliability assessment Marc Ryan Berner, Jason A. Dearien, Josh Powers 2017-06-20