Inventor

William D. Smith

Inventor

Schenectady, NY, US

Overview

72→

Patents

1976–2020

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 72 as inventor

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

Y10Tprimary

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification10%

G06FElectric digital data processing8%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests7%

H10WGeneric packages, interconnections, connectors or other constructional details of devices covered by class h106%

H05KPrinted circuits5%

A61BDiagnosis5%

A61FFilters implantable into blood vessels4%

H10PGeneric processes or apparatus for the manufacture or treatment of devices covered by class h104%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes3%

G01RMeasuring electric variables3%

PatentTitleYear

10,747,579Method and device for allocating resources in a system2020 10,706,179Secure provisioning of secrets into MPSoC devices using untrusted third-party systems2020 10,489,597Blockchain verification of network security service2019 10,485,672Vertebral body replacement and insertion methods2019 10,413,421Vertebral body replacement2019 10,261,838Method and device for allocating resources in a system2019 10,210,333Secure industrial control platform2019 10,120,983Digital rights management flexible continued usage system and method2018 9,949,840Systems and methods for performing spine surgery2018 9,921,888'Mixed criticality control system'2018 9,700,425'Vertebral body replacement and insertion methods'2017 9,670,972'Trimmed lock-up clutch'2017 D0788308'Intervertebral implant'2017 9,636,233'Vertebral body replacement'2017 9,615,866'Surgical fixation system and related methods'2017 9,579,131'Systems and methods for performing spine surgery'2017 D0770045'Intervertebral implant'2016 9,387,090'Vertebral body replacement'2016 9,342,358'System and method for synchronizing processor instruction execution'2016 9,259,144'Surgical access system and related methods'2016 9,256,426'Controlling total number of instructions executed to a desired number after iterations of monitoring for successively less number of instructions until a predetermined time period elapse'2016 9,138,217'Surgical access system and related methods'2015 9,078,841'Parasite vaccine'2015 8,790,406'Systems and methods for performing spine surgery'2014 8,606,846'Accelerating peer-to-peer content distribution'2013 8,328,210'Axle suspension'2012 D0671645'Intervertebral implant'2012 8,269,528'Timing skew error correction apparatus and methods'2012 8,057,886'Optical article having anti-theft feature and a system and method for inhibiting theft of same'2011 7,714,598'Contact carriers (tiles) for populating larger substrates with spring contacts'2010 D0565114'Set of alphabetic labels'2008 7,347,702'Contact carriers (tiles) for populating larger substrates with spring contacts'2008 7,140,883'Contact carriers (tiles) for populating larger substrates with spring contacts'2006 7,035,821'Methods and apparatus for processing cash advance requests'2006 7,003,489'Methods and apparatus for submitting information to an automated lending system'2006 6,958,723'Method and apparatus for reducing noise in analog-to-digital converter devices'2005 6,850,908'Methods and apparatus for monitoring collateral for lending'2005 6,850,643'Methods and apparatus for collateral risk monitoring'2005 6,741,085'Contact carriers (tiles) for populating larger substrates with spring contacts'2004 6,598,087'Methods and apparatus for network-enabled virtual printing'2003 6,546,133'Methods and apparatus for print scraping'2003 6,350,673'Method for decreasing CHC degradation'2002 6,194,478'Document feeding component and method of manufacture thereof'2001 6,168,974'Process of mounting spring contacts to semiconductor devices'2001 6,087,411'Document feeding component and method of manufacture thereof'2000 6,023,103'Chip-scale carrier for semiconductor devices including mounted spring contacts'2000 5,993,952'Document feeding component and method of manufacture thereof'1999 5,845,272'System and method for isolating failures in a locomotive'1998 5,835,981'Terminal block mounting method and apparatus'1998 5,806,181'Contact carriers (tiles) for populating larger substrates with spring contacts'1998 5,800,028'Terminal block hinge mechanism'1998 5,727,824'Isolative coupling for a thumb-lever unit of a door lockset'1998 D0390571'Terminal block enclosure'1998 5,696,864'Aerial enclosure for coupling data signals to a customer site'1997 5,638,474'Anti-snag latch assembly for a connector'1997 5,571,986'Method and apparatus for activating an electric wireline firing system'1996 5,440,805'Method of manufacturing a multilayer circuit'1995 5,412,793'Method for testing erase characteristics of a flash memory array'1995 5,309,629'Method of manufacturing a multilayer circuit board'1994 5,287,619'Method of manufacture multichip module substrate'1994 5,152,558'Lockset adaptable for installation at more than one backset distance'1992 4,870,224'Integrated circuit package for surface mount technology'1989 4,702,653'Captive cross member system for restraining movement of lading'1987 D0287416'Tweezers'1986 4,496,803'Data entry switch'1985 D0268198'Game board'1983 4,238,547'High strength yarn consisting of boron carbide fibers'1980 4,214,693'Method of making wireline apparatus for use in earth boreholes'1980 4,137,762'Wireline apparatus for use in earth boreholes'1979 3,971,840'Production of high strength carbide fibers by heat treatment'1976 3,964,553'Borehole tool orienting apparatus and systems'1976 3,951,870'Superconductive transition metal carbonitride fibers and method for the preparation thereof'1976

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1976–1996Based in Fort Worth, TX, US· patent location history

1979–2018Patents assigned to SMITH WILLIAM D (9)· patent assignee history

1994–2001Based in Abington, CT, US· patent location history

1997–1998Based in Marietta, GA, US· patent location history

1998–2020Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (9)· patent assignee history

1998–2010Patents assigned to FORMFACTOR INC (7)· patent assignee history

1998–2020Based in Schenectady, NY, US· patent location history

2003–2006Patents assigned to GE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL FINANCE (6)· patent assignee history

2012–2019Patents assigned to NUVASIVE INC (11)· patent assignee history

2012–2019Based in Las Vegas, NV, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
NUVASIVE INC	11	2012–2019
GEN ELECTRIC	9	1998–2020
SMITH WILLIAM Dself	9	1979–2018
FORMFACTOR INC	7	1998–2010
GE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL FINANCE	6	2003–2006

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Schenectady, New York, US	16	1998–2020
Las Vegas, NV, US	14	2012–2019
Abington, CT, US	6	1994–2001
Marietta, Georgia, US	5	1997–1998
Fort Worth, Texas, US	4	1976–1996