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Stephen K. Smith — 9 Patents

VGVortexx Group: 7 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
DUDell Usa: 1 patents #229 of 472Top 50%
Harker Heights, TX: #2 of 18 inventorsTop 15%
Texas: #16,980 of 125,132 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Stephen K. Smith has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Vortexx Group. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in May 2000. Stephen K. Smith ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Stephen K. Smith in Harker Heights, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1999.peak 31996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents19971998: 2 patents19981999: 3 patents19992000: 1 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6065683 Method and apparatus for conditioning fluid flow John E. Akin, N. Roland Dove 2000-05-23
5992763 Nozzle and method for enhancing fluid entrainment N. Roland Dove, J. Edward Akin 1999-11-30
5941461 Nozzle assembly and method for enhancing fluid entrainment J. Edward Akin, N. Roland Dove 1999-08-24
5921476 Method and apparatus for conditioning fluid flow John E. Akin, N. Roland Dove 1999-07-13
5854828 Telephone customer support utility Thomas J. Kocis, Mark Larson, Charles W. Morrison 1998-12-29 $513,060,000
5785258 Method and apparatus for conditioning fluid flow John E. Akin, N. Roland Dove 1998-07-28
5653298 Vortex method Norval Roland Dove, W. Gerald Lott 1997-08-05
5632349 Vortex drill bit Norval Roland Dove, W. Gerald Lott 1997-05-27
5494124 Negative pressure vortex nozzle Norval Roland Dove 1996-02-27