Donald L. Smith
41Patents
21h-index
35Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 9, 1977 → Aug 27, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5613861A | Photolithographically patterned spring contact | Electricity | 191 | Expired |
| US4612077A | Electrode for plasma etching system | Electricity | 119 | Expired |
| US5944537A | Photolithographically patterned spring contact and apparatus and methods for electrically contacting devices | Electricity | 117 | Expired |
| US6264477A | Photolithographically patterned spring contact | Electricity | 92 | Expired |
| US6352454B1 | Wear-resistant spring contacts | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 87 | Expired |
| US5848685A | Photolithographically patterned spring contact | Electricity | 84 | Expired |
| US5914218A | Method for forming a spring contact | Electricity | 80 | Expired |
| US6184699A | Photolithographically patterned spring contact | Electricity | 77 | Expired |
| US6136210A | Photoetching of acoustic lenses for acoustic ink printing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 64 | Expired |
| US5979892A | Controlled cilia for object manipulation | Performing Operations; Transporting | 60 | Expired |
| US6184065A | Photolithographically patterned spring contact | Electricity | 54 | Expired |
| US6396677B1 | Photolithographically-patterned variable capacitor structures and method of making | Electricity | 46 | Expired |
| US5024799A | Method for producing an embossed oriented film | Performing Operations; Transporting | 41 | Expired |
| US5975683A | Electric-field manipulation of ejected ink drops in printing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Expired |
| US6922327B2 | Photolithographically-patterned variable capacitor structures and method of making | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US6856225B1 | Photolithographically-patterned out-of-plane coil structures and method of making | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US7000315B2 | Method of making photolithographically-patterned out-of-plane coil structures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US4782350A | Amorphous silicon varactors as rf amplitude modulators and their application to acoustic ink printers | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US5899711A | Method for enhancing hydrogenation of thin film transistors using a metal capping layer and method for batch hydrogenation | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US6187211A | Method for fabrication of multi-step structures using embedded etch stop layers | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6606235B2 | Photolithographically-patterned variable capacitor structures and method of making | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US4523669A | Retractable conveyor belt | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US5108814A | Embossed oriented film | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US6056879A | Movable magnetic assembly for collecting and releasing magnetic materials and method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 11 | Expired |
| US4907323A | Method and apparatus for making biased fabric | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.