Douglas C. Smith
27Patents
13h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: May 23, 1975 → Mar 18, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6104956A | Methods of treating traumatic brain injury by vagus nerve stimulation | Human Necessities | 366 | Expired |
| US6339725B1 | Methods of modulating aspects of brain neural plasticity by vagus nerve stimulation | Human Necessities | 309 | Expired |
| US6556868B2 | Methods for improving learning or memory by vagus nerve stimulation | Human Necessities | 269 | Expired |
| US5184115A | Touch-screen arrangement | Physics | 126 | Expired |
| US5338406A | Dry strength additive for paper | Textiles; Paper | 91 | Expired |
| US4978907A | Apparatus and method for expanding the frequency range over which electrical signal amplitudes can be accurately measured | Physics | 54 | Expired |
| US6228217A | Strength of paper made from pulp containing surface active, carboxyl compounds | Textiles; Paper | 30 | Expired |
| US6732676B1 | Integrated animal crate and grooming table | Human Necessities | 24 | Expired |
| US4751607A | Communication line transient protection | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US4475191A | Distributed time division multiplexing bus | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US4132863A | Automatic gain and return loss compensating line circuit | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US4004103A | Path-finding scheme for a multistage switching network | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US5119075A | Scheme for determining position of surface contact of cathode ray tube screen | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US6814539B2 | High energy particle arrestor for air turbine starters | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US5717558A | Electrostatic discharge protection for an electrical device | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US4045615A | Monobus interface circuit using opto-coupled hybrids | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US5185498A | Circuit assembly encapsulated with polybutadiene urethane | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US3991279A | Monobus interface circuit | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6533541B1 | High energy particle arrestor for air turbine starters | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US4554412A | Resistive line circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US7701161B2 | Motor balanced active user interface assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| USD390185S | Thermal liner for interior of van | General | 6 | Expired |
| US4736415A | Resistive line feed circuit | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US4879507A | Noise measurement probe | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US5646813A | Method and apparatus for reducing ESD during thermal shock testing | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.