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2017
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Seescan
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David A. Cox
DC
David A. Cox
— 9 Patents in 2017
AR
Arthrocare
:
4
patents
#2
of
32
Top 7%
SE
Seescan
:
4
patents
#5
of
23
Top 25%
IBM
:
1
patents
#5,570
of
10,852
Top 55%
San Diego, CA
:
#170
of
4,582
inventors
Top 4%
California
:
#1,384
of
60,394
inventors
Top 3%
Overall
(2017):
#9,650
of
506,227
Top 2%
9
Patents 2017
Issued Patents
2017
Showing
1–9
of
9
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
9801678
Method and system of controlling conductive fluid flow during an electrosurgical procedure
—
2017-10-31
9746573
Portable buried utility locating systems with current signal data communication
Mark S. Olsson
,
Michael J. Martin
,
Ray Merewether
,
Amos H. Jessup
2017-08-29
9693818
Methods and systems related to electrosurgical wands
Jean Woloszko
,
Johnson E. Goode
,
Philip M. Tetzlaff
2017-07-04
9696447
Buried object locating methods and apparatus using multiple electromagnetic signals
Mark S. Olsson
,
Dawn E. Schaffer
,
Ray Merewether
,
Michael J. Martin
2017-07-04
9696448
Ground tracking devices and methods for use with a utility locator
Mark S. Olsson
,
Ryan B. Levin
,
Ray Merewether
,
Sequoyah Aldridge
2017-07-04
9690390
User interface devices
Mark S. Olsson
2017-06-27
9649144
Systems and methods for turbinate reduction
Rajitha Aluru
,
Doug Evans
,
Jean Woloszko
,
Johnson E. Goode
,
Philip M. Tetzlaff
+1 more
2017-05-16
9561069
Electrosurgical wand and related method and system
Johnson E. Goode
,
Philip M. Tetzlaff
,
Jean Woloszko
2017-02-07
9535946
System method, and computer readable media for identifying a user-initiated log file record in a log file
Danny Y. Chen
,
Sheryl S. Kinstler
,
Fabian F. Morgan
2017-01-03
$2,646,000
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