Patents by Inventor David Brian SMITH

David Brian SMITH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High temperature superconductor
    Patent number: 12239030
    Abstract: A superconductor device includes a high superconductivity transition temperature enhanced from the raw material transition temperature. The superconductor device includes a matrix material and a core material. The enhancing matrix material and the core material together create a system of strongly coupled carriers. A plurality of low-dimensional conductive features can be embedded in the matrix. The low-dimensional conductive features (e.g., nanowires or nanoparticles) can be conductors or superconductors. An interaction between electrons of the low-dimensional conductive features and the enhancing matrix material can promote excitations that increase a superconductivity transition temperature of the superconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Enterprise Science Fund, LLC
    Inventors: Philipp Braeuninger-Weimer, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Conor L. Myhrvold, Cameron Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Roderick A. Hyde, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Victoria Y. H. Wood, David R. Smith, John Brian Pendry, Charles Whitmer, William Henry Mangione-Smith, Brian C. Holloway, Stuart A. Wolf, Vladimir Z. Kresin
  • Secondary back surface touch sensor for handheld devices
    Patent number: 11237603
    Abstract: A second touch area provided on the back side of the mobile phone in a location such that an index finger can be used to provide input when while the mobile phone is being held in that one hand. A second hand is not required for the various types of input that are provided using this second touch area. This allows the mobile phone to be used in single-handed operation in many circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Merril Ray Newman, Yiding Luo, David Brian Smith, Michael Richard Dille, Matthew Alan Beardsworth, Alan R. Manlick
  • SECONDARY BACK SURFACE TOUCH SENSOR FOR HANDHELD DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210055766
    Abstract: A second touch area provided on the back side of the mobile phone in a location such that an index finger can be used to provide input when while the mobile phone is being held in that one hand. A second hand is not required for the various types of input that are provided using this second touch area. This allows the mobile phone to be used in single-handed operation in many circumstances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Merril Ray NEWMAN, Yiding LUO, David Brian SMITH, Michael Richard DILLE, Matthew Alan BEARDSWORTH, Alan R. MANLICK
  • Secondary back surface touch sensor for handheld devices
    Patent number: 10775853
    Abstract: A second touch area provided on the back side of the mobile phone in a location such that an index finger can be used to provide input when while the mobile phone is being held in that one hand. A second hand is not required for the various types of input that are provided using this second touch area. This allows the mobile phone to be used in single-handed operation in many circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Merril Ray Newman, Yiding Luo, David Brian Smith, Michael Richard Dille, Matthew Alan Beardsworth, Alan R. Manlick
  • SECONDARY BACK SURFACE TOUCH SENSOR FOR HANDHELD DEVICES
    Publication number: 20200117246
    Abstract: A second touch area provided on the back side of the mobile phone in a location such that an index finger can be used to provide input when while the mobile phone is being held in that one hand. A second hand is not required for the various types of input that are provided using this second touch area. This allows the mobile phone to be used in single-handed operation in many circumstances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Merril Ray NEWMAN, Yiding LUO, David Brian SMITH, Michael Richard DILLE, Matthew Alan BEARDSWORTH, Alan R. MANLICK