Colin M. Smith
15Patents
9h-index
14Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 8, 1976 → Sep 23, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7850731B2 | Articulating spinal implant | Human Necessities | 184 | Active |
| US5835657A | Fiber optic splice tray | Physics | 149 | Expired |
| US7799083B2 | Prosthesis for restoring motion in an appendage or spinal joint and an intervertebral spacer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 147 | Active |
| US8409290B2 | Interbody device for spinal applications | Human Necessities | 108 | Active |
| US7695497B2 | Implant system for osteosynthesis | Human Necessities | 87 | Active |
| US8097036B2 | Motion restoring intervertebral device | Human Necessities | 85 | Expired |
| US8801785B2 | Articulating spinal implant | Human Necessities | 20 | Active |
| US8673012B2 | Intervertebral spacer and insertion tool providing multiple angles of insertion | Human Necessities | 17 | Active |
| US9020367B2 | Optical chips and devices for optical communications | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US4741513A | Strainer post and fitting therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US9149306B2 | Spinous process device | Human Necessities | 3 | Active |
| US4118499A | Anti-anxiety and anti-parkinsonian 1-aminoalkyl-2-endo-chloro-7,7-dimethylnorbornanes | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US8950332B1 | Expanding non-lethal munition | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 2 | Active |
| US11460347B2 | Optical frequency measurement device | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US12078529B2 | Low noise optical assembly | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.