Inventor · Pelham, AL, US

Robert A. Smith

43Patents
11h-index
44Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 8, 1978 → Jan 9, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.