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William D. Smart — 3 Patents

The Boeing: 3 patents #3,887 of 15,756Top 25%
Clayton, MO: #47 of 144 inventorsTop 35%
Missouri: #6,669 of 23,789 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
William D. Smart has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at The Boeing. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in February 2014. William D. Smart ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list William D. Smart in Clayton, MO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2011.peak 12011: 1 patents20112013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8644587 Method for detecting optical defects in transparencies Ronald L. Bookout, Michael P. Gleason, Matthew M. Thomas, Michael S. Dixon, Robert Pless 2014-02-04 $12,704,000
8358830 Method for detecting optical defects in transparencies Ronald L. Bookout, Michael P. Gleason, Matthew M. Thomas, Michael S. Dixon, Robert Pless 2013-01-22 $19,738,000
7899236 Evaluation of optical distortion in a transparency Philip L. Freeman, Michael P. Gleason, Matthew M. Thomas, Michael S. Dixon, Robert Pless 2011-03-01 $13,575,000