Robert A. Smith
43Patents
11h-index
44Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 8, 1978 → Jan 9, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6025026A | Process for producing an adherent polymeric layer on polymeric substrates and articles produced thereby | Physics | 153 | Expired |
| US5728758A | Coating composition and articles having a cured coating | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 42 | Expired |
| US4604384A | Pharmaceutical gel composition | Human Necessities | 42 | Expired |
| US5114355A | Right angle impedance matched electrical connector | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US4602851A | Disubstituted ethanes and their use in liquid crystal materials and devices | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 29 | Expired |
| US4970263A | Secondary cross-linked semi-interpenetrating polymer networks and methods of making same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 26 | Expired |
| US7893862B2 | Method and apparatus for using collimated and linearly polarized millimeter wave beams at Brewster's angle of incidence in ground penetrating radar to detect objects located in the ground | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US5330686A | Temperature stable and sunlight protected photochromic articles | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 18 | Expired |
| US5624757A | Photochromic and non-photochromic articles having a protective coating | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US4294853A | Biocidal additive for cutting fluids | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US4253740A | Liquid crystal materials and devices containing them | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US9134170B2 | Optical detection of radiometric events | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US8319682B2 | Method and apparatus for examining an object using electromagnetic millimeter-wave signal illumination | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US8289201B2 | Method and apparatus for using non-linear ground penetrating radar to detect objects located in the ground | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US4566759A | Laterally fluorinated liquid crystal materials and frequency change devices | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Expired |
| US7570349B2 | Cars/absorption dual mode electro-optic sensor | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US5057416A | Supersecreting mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US8299924B2 | Method and apparatus for locating objects using radio frequency identification | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7434767B2 | Spacecraft adapter having embedded resources, and methods of forming same | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Expired |
| US6258356A | Methods for controlling insect pests with compositions containing Bacillus thuringiensis strains | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US8106810B2 | Millimeter wave filters | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US4185120A | Topical treatment of fungal or yeast infections using p-tolyl diiodomethyl sulfone | Human Necessities | 1 | Expired |
| US10557787B1 | Detection of compounds in material samples utilizing a transformation and subsequent decomposition | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US5801046A | Bacillus thuringiensis isolates | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 1 | Expired |
| US11074490B2 | Intelligent fasteners | Electricity | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.