Patrick J. Smith
31Patents
11h-index
20Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 26, 1987 → Aug 16, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8297473B2 | Cutlery dispenser and method of dispensing cutlery | Human Necessities | 47 | Active |
| US5636785A | Gable top container | Performing Operations; Transporting | 43 | Expired |
| US8152004B2 | Dispenser for disposable cutlery and components therefor | Human Necessities | 34 | Active |
| US8070013B2 | Cutlery utensil dispensing apparatus and method | Human Necessities | 29 | Active |
| USD554953S1 | Cutlery utensil | General | 28 | Expired |
| USD554952S1 | Cutlery utensil | General | 27 | Expired |
| US8210364B2 | Dispenser for disposable cutlery and components therefor | Human Necessities | 25 | Active |
| US7987637B2 | Adjustable shim | Fixed Constructions | 23 | Active |
| US10051976B2 | Cutlery dispenser | Performing Operations; Transporting | 18 | Active |
| US4956644A | Channelized binary-level radiometer | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| USD546136S1 | Universal spoon | General | 11 | Expired |
| US4947361A | Narrowband parameter estimator | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US10390631B2 | Skewer for loading cutlery | Human Necessities | 10 | Active |
| US4726036A | Digital adaptive filter for a high throughput digital adaptive processor | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US9237815B2 | Cutlery dispenser and method of dispensing cutlery | Human Necessities | 6 | Active |
| US4726035A | Analog/digital adaptive line enhancer | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US8157228B2 | Tool for positioning molding | Fixed Constructions | 6 | Active |
| US5063572A | Channelized delay and mix chip rate detector | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US8339898B2 | Processing seismic data using combined regularization and 4D binning | Physics | 5 | Active |
| USD732946S1 | Door mounting shim | General | 5 | Active |
| US4942589A | Channelized binary-level hop rate detector | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US8349240B2 | Hidden parting line mold and hidden parting line molding technique using associated part removal device | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Active |
| US6999423B2 | Link order replacement optimization | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US10455952B2 | Skewer for loading cutlery | Human Necessities | 3 | Active |
| US8380440B2 | 3D residual binning and flatness error correction | Physics | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.