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Richard E. Smith — 29 Patents

Xerox: 10 patents #1,323 of 8,622Top 20%
NGNational Gypsum: 5 patents #7 of 61Top 15%
NPNational Gypsum Properties: 3 patents #8 of 63Top 15%
Ford: 2 patents #6,478 of 17,473Top 40%
OPOxford Nanopore Technologies Plc: 1 patents #79 of 98Top 85%
HLHughes Electronics Limited: 1 patents #605 of 1,474Top 45%
WEWestinghouse Electric: 1 patents #4,451 of 5,212Top 90%
Petaluma, CA: #22 of 492 inventorsTop 5%
California: #18,137 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Richard E. Smith has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Xerox. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in June 2021. Richard E. Smith ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Richard E. Smith in Petaluma, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1981.peak 51981: 5 patents19811982: 2 patents1986: 1 patents19861987: 2 patents1988: 2 patents19881989: 1 patents1993: 2 patents19931994: 3 patents1995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents1999: 1 patents19992002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11024998 Kit of first and second parts adapted for connection to each other David Waterman 2021-06-01
8638900 Nuclear reactor alignment plate configuration David A. Altman, David R. Forsyth, Norman R. Singleton 2014-01-28
6712897 Pre-blend composition, and method of making joint compound using same Amba Ayambem, Salvatore R. Taravella 2004-03-30
6645291 Joint compound and method of using same Amba Ayambem, Gopalakrishnan Sethuraman 2003-11-11
6436185 Joint compound and method of making same Amba Ayambem, Gopalakrishnan Sethuraman 2002-08-20
5890714 Accessible copy sheet transport with side guides Daniel W. Brooks 1999-04-06 $21,508,000
5761958 Dynamometer fault detection system Mark Anthony Tascillo, Pravinchandra Chokshi, James Edward Snider 1998-06-09 $21,153,000
5720824 Propulsion cleaning system David Bronson, Don K. Fulkerson 1998-02-24
5635651 Dynamometer fault detection system Mark Anthony Tascillo, Pravinchandra Chokshi, James Edward Snider 1997-06-03 $47,394,000
5501750 Wick compositions for incendiary devices C. James Dahn 1996-03-26
5447303 Sheet inverter apparatus 1995-09-05 $8,889,000
5357660 Sock pairing apparatus 1994-10-25
5323588 Method of packaging aqueous slurries James L. Zak 1994-06-28 $6,837,000
5313259 System and method for operating a multitone imaging apparatus 1994-05-17 $6,252,000
5241955 Breathing apparatus Peter Dearman 1993-09-07
5183152 Humectants in joint compound containers James L. Zak 1993-02-02
4814822 "Method and apparatus for automatic ""two-up"" copying with intermediate latent image copiers" Thomas Acquaviva 1989-03-21 $2,106,000
4773556 Aqueous joint compound seal 1988-09-27
4727402 Automatic copier signature set production 1988-02-23 $2,527,000
RE32541 Fluidic feeding of documents to an exposure station Klaus K. Stange, Thomas J. Hamlin, James R. Cassano 1987-11-10
4688909 Thermally compensating positioning devices and assemblies 1987-08-25
RE32284 Document storage and transport apparatus Klaus K. Stange, Thomas J. Hamlin, James R. Cassano 1986-11-11
4336928 Method for feeding documents to a copy machine Stephen J. Wenthe, Jr., William J. Woznicki 1982-06-29 $1,790,000
4330197 Recirculating documents duplex copier John R. Yonovich 1982-05-18 $1,468,000
4304372 Water-ski towline winch assembly William L. Bryant 1981-12-08