Inventor

Todd A. Smith

Inventor

Austin, TX, US

Overview

1988–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 26 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing29%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests20%

F24CDomestic stoves or ranges8%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication8%

H05BElectric heating8%

G01MTesting static or dynamic balance of machines or structures6%

A47JKitchen equipment2%

B23FMaking gears or toothed racks2%

B23QDetails, components, or accessories for machine tools, e.g. arrangements for copying or controlling2%

C21DModifying the physical structure of ferrous metals2%

PatentTitleYear

10,845,057Method and apparatus for controlling operation of gas range top burners for cooking2020 10,571,133Method and apparatus for controlling operation of bake and broil elements in an electric oven2020 10,408,462Method and apparatus for controlling operation of range top coils for cooking2019 10,024,546Method and apparatus for controlling operation of range top coils for cooking2018 9,220,130'Method and apparatus for controlling operation of range top heating elements for cooking'2015 7,624,110'Method, system, and computer program product for security within a global computer network'2009 7,523,654'Method and apparatus for evaluating NVH characteristics of mechanical systems'2009 6,907,773'Method of independently measuring bearing preload in an axle assembly'2005 6,739,064'Setup gage'2004 6,634,835'Cutter blade with integral coolant passages'2003 6,548,793'Apparatus and method of inductively heat treating a beveled gear'2003 5,560,008'Remote authentication and authorization in a distributed data processing system'1996 5,537,645'File lock management in a distributed data processing system'1996 5,481,720'Flexible interface to authentication services in a distributed data processing environment'1996 5,305,440'File extension by clients in a distributed data processing system'1994 5,226,159'File lock management in a distributed data processing system'1993 5,202,971'System for file and record locking between nodes in a distributed data processing environment maintaining one copy of each file lock'1993 5,175,852'Distributed file access structure lock'1992 5,175,851'System and method for controlling client machine access to a portion of a file with a variable length'1992 5,151,989'Directory cache management in a distributed data processing system'1992 5,113,519'Maintenance of file attributes in a distributed data processing system'1992 5,016,275'Buffered encryption/decryption'1991 5,001,628'Single system image uniquely defining an environment for each user in a data processing system'1991 4,897,781'System and method for using cached data at a local node after re-opening a file at a remote node in a distributed networking environment'1990 4,887,204'System and method for accessing remote files in a distributed networking environment'1989 4,761,737'Method to automatically increase the segment size of unix files in a page segmented virtual memory data processing system'1988

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1988–1996Patents assigned to IBM (15)· patent assignee history

1988–2009Based in Austin, TX, US· patent location history

2003–2004Patents assigned to TORQUE TRACTION TECH INC (3)· patent assignee history

2003–2005Based in Fort Wayne, IN, US· patent location history

2009Based in Perrysburg, OH, US· patent location history

2015–2020Patents assigned to SMITH TODD A (5)· patent assignee history

2015–2020Patents assigned to BROWN STOVE WORKS INC (4)· patent assignee history

2015–2020Based in Cleveland, TN, US· patent location history

2018–2020Patents assigned to BROWN MATTHEW H (4)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
IBM	15	1988–1996
SMITH TODD Aself	5	2015–2020
BROWN MATTHEW H	4	2018–2020
BROWN STOVE WORKS INC	4	2015–2020
TORQUE TRACTION TECH INC	3	2003–2004

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Austin, Texas, US	16	1988–2009
Cleveland, TN, US	5	2015–2020
Fort Wayne, IN, US	4	2003–2005
Perrysburg, OH, US	1	2009