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Intuitive Surgical
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Intuitive Surgical
— 130 Patents in 2016
Rank
(2016):
#277
of
28,424
Top 1%
174
inventors
130
Patents 2016
Top Inventors at Intuitive Surgical
2016
Showing
1–50
of
174
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
David Q. Larkin
16
2
Thomas G. Cooper
15
3
Bruce M. Schena
13
3
Giuseppe Maria Prisco
13
#5
Arjang M. Hourtash
11
#5
Nicola Diolaiti
11
#7
Nitish Swarup
9
#7
Roman L. Devengenzo
9
#9
Paul W. Mohr
7
#9
Pushkar Hingwe
7
#9
Wenyi Zhao
7
#12
Theodore W. Rogers
6
#13
Caitlin Q. Donhowe
5
#13
Catherine J. Mohr
5
#13
David J. Danitz
5
#13
Ian E. McDowall
5
#13
Michael Hanuschik
5
#13
Scott E. Manzo
5
#13
Tao Zhao
5
#13
Vahid Saadat
5
#13
Vincent Duindam
5
#22
Amir Belson
4
#22
Amy E. Kerdok
4
#22
Brian D. Hoffman
4
#22
Brandon D. Itkowitz
4
#22
David S. Mintz
4
#22
David W. Robinson
4
#22
David J. Rosa
4
#22
Edward P. Donlon
4
#22
Gregory W. Dachs, II
4
#22
Gunter D. Niemeyer
4
#22
John Ryan Steger
4
#22
Michael Turner
4
#22
Paul Millman
4
#22
Randal P. Goldberg
4
#22
Ruey-Feng Peh
4
#22
Samuel Kwok Wai Au
4
#22
Scott Waters
4
#22
Stephen J. Blumenkranz
4
#22
Thomas R. Nixon
4
#22
William C. Nowlin
4
#42
Adam Gold
3
#42
Brian E. Miller
3
#42
Christopher J. Hasser
3
#42
Chris A. Rothe
3
#42
David W. Bailey
3
#42
David Miller
3
#42
David C. Shafer
3
#42
David W. Weir
3
#42
Edmund Tam
3
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