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William F. Smith
Also filed as: SMITH III WILLIAM F · SMITH WILLIAM F · SMITH WILLIAM F III · SMITH WILLIAM FRANCK
19 granted patents·2 pending applications·514 citations·filing 1981–2010
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21 records- 0191US6032343AAutomated swage wind and packaging machineETHICON INC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 7, 2000·88 cites·84 claims
- 0287US6808592B1High throughput plasma treatment systemNORDSON CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 26, 2004·37 cites·20 claims
- 0383US6329652B1Method for comparison of similar samples in liquid chromatography/mass spectrometryEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 11, 2001·67 cites·8 claims
- 0480US5983601AMachine for the automated packaging of needles and attached suturesETHICON INC·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 16, 1999·41 cites·70 claims
- 0578US5987848ANeedle transfer arrangement in a machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached suturesETHICON INC·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 23, 1999·35 cites·15 claims
- 0675US7506700B1Method for steering mud motors and retrieving measurement while drilling devicesHARVEY MICHAEL S·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 24, 2009·19 cites·17 claims
- 0772US6997305B2Needle sorting deviceETHICON INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 14, 2006·13 cites·11 claims
- 0871US7506699B1Directional drilling toolHARVEY MICHAEL S·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 24, 2009·15 cites·18 claims
- 0967US6040130APhotothermographic and thermographic films containing low levels of unsaturated fatty acid to prevent fogEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 21, 2000·8 cites·15 claims
- 1066US7038779B2System and method for sensing variations in a strandETHICON INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 2, 2006·7 cites·18 claims
- 1164US6800231B2Method for cutting sutureETHICON INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 5, 2004·6 cites·19 claims
- 1261US7201823B2High throughput plasma treatment systemNORDSON CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 10, 2007·6 cites·14 claims
- 1360US6644464B1Needle sorting deviceETHICON INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 11, 2003·6 cites·3 claims
- 1458US6135272APackage for suturesETHICON INC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 24, 2000·88 cites·16 claims
- 1556US6123185ANeedle sorting deviceETHICON INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 26, 2000·14 cites·21 claims
- 1652US2007175588A1High throughput plasma treatment systemNORDSON CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 1748US6263558B1Method and apparatus for forming double-armed suturesETHICON INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 24, 2001·48 cites·30 claims
- 1843US6206677B1Suture cutting systemETHICON INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 27, 2001·5 cites·21 claims
- 1942US4362549AMethod of increasing sugar content in sugarcane and sorghumDU PONT·Filed 1981·Granted Dec 7, 1982·1 cites·4 claims
- 2037US5766404AMethods and apparatus for plasma treatment of workpiecesMARCH INSTR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 16, 1998·10 cites·8 claims
- 2130US2011236822A1Method of treating seasoned developer solutionMEMETEA LIVIA T·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
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