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Intuitive Surgical
Rank (2016):
#277
of 28,424
Top 1%
174 inventors
130
Patents 2016
Top Inventors at Intuitive Surgical
2016
Rank
Name
Patents
1
David Q. Larkin
16
2
Thomas G. Cooper
15
3
Bruce M. Schena
13
#4
Giuseppe Maria Prisco
13
#5
Arjang M. Hourtash
11
#6
Nicola Diolaiti
11
#7
Nitish Swarup
9
#8
Roman L. Devengenzo
9
#9
Paul W. Mohr
7
#10
Pushkar Hingwe
7
#11
Wenyi Zhao
7
#12
Theodore W. Rogers
6
#13
Caitlin Q. Donhowe
5
#14
Catherine J. Mohr
5
#15
David J. Danitz
5
#16
Ian E. McDowall
5
#17
Michael Hanuschik
5
#18
Scott E. Manzo
5
#19
Tao Zhao
5
#20
Vahid Saadat
5
#21
Vincent Duindam
5
#22
Amir Belson
4
#23
Amy E. Kerdok
4
#24
Brian D. Hoffman
4
#25
Brandon D. Itkowitz
4
#26
David S. Mintz
4
#27
David W. Robinson
4
#28
David J. Rosa
4
#29
Edward P. Donlon
4
#30
Gregory W. Dachs, II
4
#31
Gunter D. Niemeyer
4
#32
John Ryan Steger
4
#33
Michael Turner
4
#34
Paul Millman
4
#35
Randal P. Goldberg
4
#36
Ruey-Feng Peh
4
#37
Samuel Kwok Wai Au
4
#38
Scott Waters
4
#39
Stephen J. Blumenkranz
4
#40
Thomas R. Nixon
4
#41
William C. Nowlin
4
#42
Adam Gold
3
#43
Brian E. Miller
3
#44
Christopher J. Hasser
3
#45
Chris A. Rothe
3
#46
David W. Bailey
3
#47
David Miller
3
#48
David C. Shafer
3
#49
David W. Weir
3
#50
Edmund Tam
3
#51
Eugene F. Duval
3
#52
Grant Duque
3
#53
J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr.
3
#54
Jeffrey M. DiCarlo
3
#55
Joseph P. Orban, III
3
#56
Kevin Durant
3
#57
Paul G. Griffiths
3
#58
Paul E. Lilagan
3
#59
Raymond Arthur Bonneau
3
#60
Simon P. DiMaio
3
#61
Todd R. Solomon
3
#62
William A. Burbank
3
#63
Alan E. Loh
2
#64
Anthony K. McGrogan
2
#65
Cameron D. Hinman
2
#66
Craig Gerbi
2
#67
Daniel H. Gomez
2
#68
Dean Hoornaert
2
#69
Frederic H. Moll
2
#70
Gary C. Ettinger
2
#71
Gary S. Guthart
2
#72
Gregory K. Toth
2
#73
Hubert Stein
2
#74
Jonathan M. Sorger
2
#75
Lisa W. Heaton
2
#76
Mark E. Froggatt
2
#77
Matthew R. Williams
2
#78
Patrick Flanagan
2
#79
S. Christopher Anderson
2
#80
Scott Luke
2
#81
Simon Di Maio
2
#82
Zachary J. Malchano
2
#83
Akhil J. Madhani
1
#84
Akash Patel
1
#85
Alexander Makhlin
1
#86
Alaina McGregor
1
#87
Alan W. Petersen
1
#88
Amante Mangaser
1
#89
Aseem K. Thakur
1
#90
Ashley Wellman
1
#91
Bennie Thompson
1
#92
Bruce Woodley
1
#93
Carolyn M. Fenech
1
#94
Christopher R. Burns
1
#95
Christopher Julian
1
#96
Christine Niebler
1
#97
Charles Vigue
1
#98
Chenyu Wu
1
#99
David Blaha
1
#100
Dawn K. Gifford
1