John C. Smith
68Patents
21h-index
53Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 28, 1982 → Oct 20, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6736042B2 | Work piece guiding system for a table saw | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 129 | Expired |
| US6137936A | Optical fiber cable with single strength member in cable outer jacket | Physics | 104 | Expired |
| US5224543A | Use of scale inhibitors in hydraulic fracture fluids to prevent scale build-up | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 47 | Expired |
| US5390273A | Flame resistant optical fiber cable with optical fibers loosely enclosed in tubes | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US5690545A | Motorized rotary tool having a head mounted by a pivotal joint | Performing Operations; Transporting | 43 | Expired |
| US5905834A | Combination loose tube optical fiber cable with reverse oscillating lay | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US6120362A | Ergonomic grinder | Performing Operations; Transporting | 36 | Expired |
| US6459837B1 | Optical fiber cable with single strength member unit in cable outer jacket | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| USD376304S | Sander | General | 35 | Expired |
| US6139229A | Plunge router fine depth adjustment system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 34 | Expired |
| US6347624B1 | Tile saw | Performing Operations; Transporting | 33 | Expired |
| US7178250B2 | Intersecting laser line generating device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Expired |
| USD402870S | Grinder | General | 33 | Expired |
| USD459373S1 | Miter saw | General | 32 | Expired |
| US5545080A | Motorized sander having a sanding head mounted by a pivotal joint | Performing Operations; Transporting | 32 | Expired |
| US5554066A | In-line profile sander | Performing Operations; Transporting | 31 | Expired |
| US5384984A | Random orbit sander with brake | Performing Operations; Transporting | 31 | Expired |
| US4693551A | Dielectric strength elements for loose tube optical fiber cable | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US6257969A | In-line sander | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
| US6042460A | In-line sander | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US7269907B2 | Laser line generating device with swivel base | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US5050690A | In-situ stress measurement method and device | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US7438629B2 | In-line sander | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US5005649A | Multiple fracture production device and method | Fixed Constructions | 19 | Expired |
| US7222437B2 | Combined stud finder and tape measure device | Physics | 18 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.