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A. Michael Smith — 5 Patents

STSteris: 3 patents #75 of 325Top 25%
ASAmerican Sterilizer: 1 patents #196 of 349Top 60%
HIHill-Rom: 1 patents #141 of 254Top 60%
Lafayette, CO: #201 of 681 inventorsTop 30%
Colorado: #9,021 of 40,980 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
A. Michael Smith has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Steris. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in January 2001. A. Michael Smith ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list A. Michael Smith in Lafayette, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2001Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1999.peak 31991: 1 patents19911999: 3 patents19992001: 1 patents2001

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6176597 Reflector for surgical light apparatus 2001-01-23 $14,450,000
5971569 Surgical light with stacked elliptical reflector Henry Holt Frazier 1999-10-26 $12,438,000
5951139 Surgical light with reflector-lamps and flat reflector panels Mark Jongewaard, Henry Holt Frazier 1999-09-14 $7,340,000
5913599 Surgical light with conical reflector Henry Holt Frazier 1999-06-22 $19,191,000
5001616 Optical system for lighting fixture Joel C. Gehly 1991-03-19