Inventor · Vancouver, BC, CA

Mark A. Smith

356Patents
13h-index
98Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 28, 1980 → Feb 6, 2025

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9910557B2 Intent-based graphical user interface window control Physics 47 Active
US5662508A Toy building blocks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US7254000B1 Over voltage protection scheme for synchronous buck converter Electricity 33 Expired
US8037349B2 Data replication based on capacity optimization Physics 30 Active
US7984022B2 Space recovery with storage management coupled with a deduplicating storage system Physics 27 Active
US8140491B2 Storage management through adaptive deduplication Physics 24 Active
US8407193B2 Data deduplication for streaming sequential data storage applications Physics 23 Active
US8461420B2 Alfalfa variety 05N16PY Human Necessities 21 Active
US7600133B2 Backing up at least one encrypted computer file Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US5669562A Telescoping infeed conveyor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US8595188B2 Operating system and file system independent incremental data backup Physics 16 Active
US4658447A Toilette seat lock Human Necessities 15 Expired
US8442951B1 Processing archive content based on hierarchical classification levels Physics 13 Active
US5263152A Process for replacing non-volatile memory in electronic printing systems Physics 13 Expired
US4763084A Push-push dielectric resonator oscillator Electricity 11 Expired
US9070076B1 Spot color preflight for extended gamut printing Physics 10 Active
US8452732B2 Identifying modified chunks in a data set for storage Physics 9 Active
US9047304B2 Optimization of fingerprint-based deduplication Physics 9 Active
US8679632B2 Fusion bonded epoxy coating compositions that include magnesium oxide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US7489119B2 DC to DC converter with reference voltage loop disturbance compensation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US8040537B2 Adaptive forced binary compression in printing systems Electricity 7 Active
US5157666A Disk timing diagnostic Physics 6 Expired
US8620877B2 Tunable data fingerprinting for optimizing data deduplication Physics 6 Active
US8955940B1 System and method for printing colors outside of a limited gamut Electricity 6 Active
US8939536B2 Method and system for aligning printheads that eject clear ink in an inkjet printer Electricity 6 Active

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