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Dan Smith — 10 Patents

SMSilicor Materials: 4 patents #6 of 26Top 25%
CLClariant: 2 patents #237 of 485Top 50%
CACalisolar: 1 patents #9 of 12Top 75%
Johnson & Johnson: 1 patents #4,783 of 7,810Top 65%
Mansfield, OH: #13 of 264 inventorsTop 5%
Ohio: #8,096 of 73,341 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Dan Smith has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Silicor Materials. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in July 2025. Dan Smith ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Dan Smith in Mansfield, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2013.peak 41989: 1 patents19892002: 1 patents20022012: 1 patents20122013: 4 patents20132023: 2 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12350513 Systems and methods for phototherapy control Josh Smith 2025-07-08
11753576 Method for inhibiting gas hydrate blockage in oil and gas pipelines Scot Harris Bodnar, Felix Hoevelmann, Corinna Krüger, Matthias Krull, Jonathan James Wylde +1 more 2023-09-12
11753577 Method for inhibiting gas hydrate blockage in oil and gas pipelines Scot Harris Bodnar, Felix Hoevelmann, Corinna Krüger, Matthias Krull, Jonathan James Wylde +1 more 2023-09-12
8580218 Method of purifying silicon utilizing cascading process Alain Turenne, Scott Nichol 2013-11-12
8562932 Method of purifying silicon utilizing cascading process Alain Turenne, Scott Nichol 2013-10-22
8562740 Apparatus for directional solidification of silicon including a refractory material Scott Nichol 2013-10-22
8540958 Cascading purification Scott Nichol, Anthony Tummillo 2013-09-24
8216539 Cascading purification Scott Nichol, Anthony Tummillo 2012-07-10
6488902 Sterilizer exhaust gas inactivation Kevin DeCato, Jim Kohler, Paul Taylor Jacobs 2002-12-03 $192,681,000
4802670 Football blocking apparatus 1989-02-07