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Intuitive Surgical
Rank (2019):
#220
of 32,327
Top 1%
228 inventors
185
Patents 2019
Top Inventors at Intuitive Surgical
2019
Rank
Name
Patents
1
David Q. Larkin
15
2
Bruce M. Schena
14
3
Paul W. Mohr
14
#4
Thomas G. Cooper
13
#5
Gregory W. Dachs, II
12
#6
Stephen J. Blumenkranz
12
#7
Vincent Duindam
11
#8
Nitish Swarup
10
#9
Brandon D. Itkowitz
9
#10
Roman L. Devengenzo
9
#11
Simon P. DiMaio
9
#12
Tao Zhao
9
#13
Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht
8
#14
Paul G. Griffiths
8
#15
Vahid Saadat
8
#16
Mark E. Froggatt
7
#17
William A. Burbank
7
#18
Arjang M. Hourtash
6
#19
Brian D. Hoffman
6
#20
David S. Mintz
6
#21
David J. Rosa
6
#22
Gary S. Guthart
6
#23
Giuseppe Maria Prisco
6
#24
Jonathan M. Sorger
6
#25
Nicola Diolaiti
6
#26
Ruey-Feng Peh
6
#27
Wenyi Zhao
6
#28
David W. Robinson
5
#29
Edmund Tam
5
#30
John Ryan Steger
5
#31
Paul E. Lilagan
5
#32
Prashant Chopra
5
#33
William C. Nowlin
5
#34
Catherine J. Mohr
4
#35
Chris A. Rothe
4
#36
Daniel N. Miller
4
#37
Eric E. Sanborn
4
#38
Federico Barbagli
4
#39
Grant Duque
4
#40
Ian E. McDowall
4
#41
Mahdi Azizian
4
#42
Matthew R. Williams
4
#43
Michael Hanuschik
4
#44
S. Christopher Anderson
4
#45
Theodore W. Rogers
4
#46
Tyler J. Morrissette
4
#47
William J. Park
4
#48
Amir Belson
3
#49
Amy E. Kerdok
3
#50
Anthony M. Jarc
3
#51
Anthony K. McGrogan
3
#52
Brian E. Miller
3
#53
Christopher J. Hasser
3
#54
Craig R. Ramstad
3
#55
David W. Bailey
3
#56
Daniel H. Jones
3
#57
David W. Weir
3
#58
Dorin Panescu
3
#59
Gabriel F. Brisson
3
#60
Goran A. Lynch
3
#61
Jeffrey M. DiCarlo
3
#62
Lawton N. Verner
3
#63
Pushkar Hingwe
3
#64
Robert E. Holop
3
#65
Scott Schenone
3
#66
Tabish Mustufa
3
#67
Tim Hulford
3
#68
Allen C. Thompson
2
#69
Anoop B. Kowshik
2
#70
Caitlin Q. Donhowe
2
#71
Carolyn M. Fenech
2
#72
Cameron D. Hinman
2
#73
Christopher R. Carlson
2
#74
Craig Tsuji
2
#75
Dawn K. Gifford
2
#76
Daniel H. Gomez
2
#77
David Miller
2
#78
Dean Hoornaert
2
#79
Donald Alden
2
#80
Edward P. Donlon
2
#81
Eleadin Castaneda
2
#82
Eugene F. Duval
2
#83
Geoff Richmond
2
#84
Gunter D. Niemeyer
2
#85
Jason Hemphill
2
#86
Jason Y. Jiang
2
#87
Jeffrey D. Brown
2
#88
Joseph M. Arsanious
2
#89
Joseph P. Orban, III
2
#90
Julie L. Berry
2
#91
Justin Krom
2
#92
Lei Xu
2
#93
Niels Smaby
2
#94
Oliver J. Wagner
2
#95
Patrick O'Grady
2
#96
Peter M. Herzlinger
2
#97
Randal P. Goldberg
2
#98
Randall L. Schlesinger
2
#99
Robert B. Hubler
2
#100
Roman Lapaev
2