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William R. Smith
Also filed as: SMITH JR WILLIAM R · SMITH WILLIAM · SMITH WILLIAM R · SMITH WILLIAM ROBERT
16 granted patents·1 pending application·349 citations·filing 1977–2022
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17 records- 0185US5026003ALighter-than-air aircraftSMITH WILLIAM R·Filed 1989·Granted Jun 25, 1991·54 cites·27 claims
- 0285US4240748AHand-held optical character recognition wand with visual alignerCAERE CORP·Filed 1978·Granted Dec 23, 1980·39 cites·6 claims
- 0378US4200951AMachine for cleaning surfacesSCOTT & FETZER CO·Filed 1977·Granted May 6, 1980·40 cites·12 claims
- 0476US4180799AApparatus and method for recognizing charactersCAERE CORP·Filed 1978·Granted Dec 25, 1979·23 cites·20 claims
- 0573US5452224AMethod of computing multi-conductor parasitic capacitances for VLSI circuitsHUGHES AIRCRAFT CO·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 19, 1995·81 cites·29 claims
- 0666US4473888ASaw monolithic convolver using dispersive transducersUS ARMY·Filed 1981·Granted Sep 25, 1984·18 cites·9 claims
- 0765USD251560SHand-held optical character recognition readerCAERE CORP·Filed 1977·Granted Apr 10, 1979·8 cites·1 claims
- 0858US4792462AMethod of applying insulating material to windings in electrical machineryGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1985·Granted Dec 20, 1988·21 cites·20 claims
- 0951US5652863AGraphical method of media partitioning on a hard diskIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 29, 1997·34 cites·4 claims
- 1047US4833688ATwo-phase flow quality measuring deviceCOMBUSTION ENG·Filed 1988·Granted May 23, 1989·12 cites·9 claims
- 1146US2019134832A1Hair cutting shearsSMITH WILLIAM ROBERT·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 1244USD253593SLamp cartridge for optical character recognition readerCAERE CORP·Filed 1977·Granted Dec 4, 1979·3 cites·1 claims
- 1342US4539725AApparatus for cleaning furnace wallsALUMINUM CO OF AMERICA·Filed 1982·Granted Sep 10, 1985·4 cites·8 claims
- 1441US12038951B2Map item cluster controlDYER DOUGLAS M·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 16, 2024·0 cites·18 claims
- 1537US8813140B2Content retrieval for digital media recorder devicesDEAKIN OLIVER M·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 19, 2014·0 cites·24 claims
- 1635US4403340AOCR Matrix extractorCAERE CORP·Filed 1981·Granted Sep 6, 1983·10 cites·15 claims
- 1728US4337455AApparatus for processing video signals received from an optical scannerCAERE CORP·Filed 1981·Granted Jun 29, 1982·2 cites·1 claims
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