Brad Smith
44Patents
11h-index
55Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 10, 1986 → Nov 17, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5144068A | Methanol carbonylation process | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 275 | Expired |
| US5960270A | Method for forming an MOS transistor having a metallic gate electrode that is formed after the formation of self-aligned source and drain regions | Electricity | 262 | Expired |
| US5001259A | Methanol carbonylation process | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 254 | Expired |
| US5026908A | Methanol carbonylation process | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 227 | Expired |
| US4873378A | Process for making 1,3-diols from epoxides | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 48 | Expired |
| US6544611B2 | Oxygen scavenging PET based polymer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US11210276B1 | Database system for automated event analysis and detection | Physics | 21 | Active |
| US7192988B2 | Process for recycling polyester materials | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US4981995A | Method for producing ibuprofen | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US5744503A | Recycling polyester and recovering glycols | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 12 | Expired |
| US7956400B2 | MIM capacitor integration | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US8760712B2 | Modifying print data using matching pixel patterns | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US4935554A | Process for making 1,3-diols from epoxides | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 9 | Expired |
| USD343997S | Tool for mounting a wheel on a vehicle | General | 9 | Expired |
| US5264528A | Process for the preparation of 4-hydroxystyrene polymers from 4-acetoxystyrene polymers | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US4628041A | Rhodium and iodine recovery method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US5414107A | Process for recycling polyethylene terephthalate process residues containing alkali metal organic salts | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 6 | Expired |
| US8845059B2 | Aligning print data using matching pixel patterns | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Active |
| US7991281B1 | Illumination source having programmable rise and fall times | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US5247124A | Process for the preparation of substituted styrenes | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Expired |
| US4968834A | Recovery of acrylic acid and/or ethyl acrylate from black acid | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Expired |
| US7946193B2 | Foot peg with replaceable cleat component | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US6160159A | Preparation of dimethyl terephthalate via the air oxidation of p-tolualdehyde | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US7994069B2 | Semiconductor wafer with low-K dielectric layer and process for fabrication thereof | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US5414106A | Process for recovering dimethyl terephthalate | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.