William E. Smith
46Patents
11h-index
17Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 20, 1973 → Apr 7, 2004
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4217438A | Polycarbonate transesterification process | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 199 | Expired |
| US6138176A | Disk array controller with automated processor which routes I/O data according to addresses and commands received from disk drive controllers | Physics | 168 | Expired |
| US4465786A | Catalyst composition for the preparation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 105 | Expired |
| US6098114A | Disk array system for processing and tracking the completion of I/O requests | Physics | 105 | Expired |
| US6421760B1 | Disk array controller, and components thereof, for use with ATA disk drives | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US6301625A | System and method for processing and tracking the completion of I/O requests in a disk array system | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US6134630A | High-performance bus architecture for disk array system | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US6549981B2 | Disk array system with controllers that automate host side of ATA interface | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US4092368A | Vapor phase transesterification | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 28 | Expired |
| US4528407A | Catalytic process for preparation of ortho-alkylated phenols | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 12 | Expired |
| US4048239A | Process for the ortho alkylation of phenols using aldehydes and hydrogen in the presence of a copper-chromium catalyst | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US4254290A | Acidic mixed oxide catalytic de-alkylation of tertiary-alkyl-ether-alkanols | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US4001340A | Hydrolysis of haloaromatic compounds | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US3965152A | Process for preparing allylic esters of carboxylic acids | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US4224255A | Process for the production of aldehydes and alcohols from olefinically unsaturated compounds by hydroformylation with suppression of olefin hydrogenation | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 10 | Expired |
| US4349486A | Monocarbonate transesterification process | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 10 | Expired |
| US4010171A | Process for preparing tetrahydrofuran | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 9 | Expired |
| US4085150A | Process for the ortho alkylation of phenols in the presence of a copper-zinc-aluminum mixed oxide catalyst | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US3998668A | Aluminum metaphosphate dopant sources | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US3997351A | Glass-ceramic dopant host for vapor phase transport of B.sub.2 O.sub.3 | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US4005113A | Multi-step process for preparation of tetrahydrofuran starting from propylene, oxygen and a carboxylic acid | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 8 | Expired |
| US4165439A | Process for the selective ortho-alkylation of a phenol in the presence of a copper-chromium catalyst | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US4011244A | Process for preparing tetrahydrofuran | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US4232175A | Nitrosation of aromatic compounds | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US4091041A | Preparation of 1,4-diols by hydrolysis-hydrogenation of 2-alkoxytetrahydrofurans | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 6 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.