Robert T. Smith
41Patents
16h-index
44Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 27, 1980 → Mar 1, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4859806A | Discretionary interconnect | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 95 | Expired |
| US4674279A | Control system for run-of-river hydroelectric plant | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US5041740A | Parallel clocked latch | Electricity | 43 | Expired |
| US6823562B1 | Grip assembly attachable to variously shaped articles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
| US6031336A | Field emission display and method for the operation thereof | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US6184874A | Method for driving a flat panel display | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US4860088A | Electrical interconnect tape | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US5313140A | Field emission device with integral charge storage element and method for operation | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US4357528A | Machine and method for counting and reconciling paper money | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5936354A | Field emission display with temperature sensing element and method for the operation thereof | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US5404081A | Field emission device with switch and current source in the emitter circuit | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US5578906A | Field emission device with transient current source | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US5041003A | Electrical connector system | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US5155420A | Switching circuits employing field emission devices | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US5477110A | Method of controlling a field emission device | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US5173697A | Digital-to-analog signal conversion device employing scaled field emission devices | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US4886461A | Zero insertion force electrical connector | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US8061858B2 | Lamp changing system for an image projection lighting device | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US5278472A | Electronic device employing field emission devices with dis-similar electron emission characteristics and method for realization | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US5036379A | Electrical interconnect tape | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US5847407A | Charge dissipation field emission device | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US5140867A | Vibration suppressor for handlebars | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US4971144A | Liquid ribbon cooler | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US5789848A | Field emission display having a cathode reinforcement member | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6025819A | Method for providing a gray scale in a field emission display | Physics | 8 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.