Christopher A. Smith
24Patents
10h-index
37Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 18, 1989 → Oct 12, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD627771S1 | Holder for portable items | General | 70 | Expired |
| US7048236B2 | Vertical adjustment apparatus for a keyboard | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US5631068A | Self-containing tamper evident tape and label | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US5798169A | Self-containing tamper evident seal | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US5072868A | Portable wet paint brush holder | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US6602533B1 | Method and apparatus for frying potato chips and related foodstuffs | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US8348215B1 | System for raising and lowering ceiling fans and light fixtures | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 20 | Active |
| US11698990B2 | Computer-implemented privacy engineering system and method | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US10144342B2 | Mobile robot | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
| USD557513S1 | Foot support | General | 10 | Expired |
| US7036886B2 | Support assembly for a seating device | Human Necessities | 9 | Expired |
| US5075960A | Electrical pin pulling tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US8239536B2 | System for generic service management in a distributed and dynamic resource environment, providing constant service access to users | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US8021731B2 | Adhesive sheet and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US5028825A | Self-powered SCR gate drive circuit with optical isolation | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US8381214B2 | Extensible job submission | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US10112302B2 | Mobile robot | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US9122278B2 | Vehicle navigation | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7758904B2 | Method and apparatus for slicing foodstuffs | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US10751237B2 | Lifting bracket | Human Necessities | 0 | Active |
| US11810625B2 | Solid-state memory with intelligent cell calibration | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US11822817B2 | Ordering reads to limit collisions in a non-volatile memory (NVM) | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US11923026B2 | Data storage system with intelligent error management | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US11911917B2 | Mobile robot and method of controlling a mobile robot illumination system | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.