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Christopher C. Miller — 18 Patents in 2019

Johnson & Johnson: 17 patents #20 of 1,152Top 2%
North Vancouver, CA: #1 of 103 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2019): #2,595 of 560,194Top 1%
18 Patents 2019

Issued Patents 2019

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10492790 Apparatus and method for cinching a straight staple line Brian F. DiNardo, Charles J. Scheib, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2019-12-03 $81,621,000
10485548 Apparatus and method for forming a staple line with trocar passageway Charles J. Scheib, Cortney E. Henderson, Tamara Widenhouse, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2019-11-26 $74,359,000
10478190 Surgical stapling system comprising a spent cartridge lockout Brian F. DiNardo, Scott A. Jenkins, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2019-11-19 $116,140,000
10478189 Method of applying an annular array of staples to tissue Brian W. Bear, Matthew H. Bolton, Rodney V. Clingaman, Brian F. DiNardo, William D. Fox +11 more 2019-11-19 $116,140,000
10456140 Surgical stapling system comprising an unclamping lockout Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2019-10-29 $113,066,000
10426467 Surgical instrument with detection sensors John F. Cummings, David C. Yates, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2019-10-01 $150,887,000
10413297 Surgical stapling system configured to apply annular rows of staples having different heights Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Anil K. Nalagatla, Thomas E. Adams 2019-09-17 $116,040,000
10405855 Firing circuit for surgical stapler William R. Stager, Matthew H. Bolton, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2019-09-10 $95,181,000
10391266 Nitric oxide delivery system and methods of use Jeffrey L. Jensen, Daniel Packert, Gerhild Packert 2019-08-27
10363031 Tissue thickness compensators for surgical staplers Johnny H. Alexander, III, Cortney E. Henderson, John P. Measamer, Katherine J. Schmid, Frederick E. Shelton, IV +3 more 2019-07-30 $95,291,000
D854152 Surgical stapler Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2019-07-16
10307157 Surgical stapler with anvil seating detection Richard F. Schwemberger 2019-06-04 $88,127,000
10271842 Anvil stabilization features for surgical stapler William D. Fox, Richard F. Schwemberger, Brian F. DiNardo, Omar J. Vakharia, Charles J. Scheib 2019-04-30 $125,033,000
10265066 Surgical stapler with incomplete firing indicator John P. Measamer, Charles J. Scheib, Emily A. Schellin, Brian W. Bear, Brian F. DiNardo +1 more 2019-04-23 $73,549,000
10226246 Tissue stapler anvil feature to prevent premature jaw opening Kevin D. Felder, John F. Cummings, Joseph P. Schowalter, Patrick J. Swindon, Johnny H. Alexander, III +14 more 2019-03-12 $149,579,000
10194911 Surgical stapler with ready state indicator John P. Measamer, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Charles J. Scheib, Brian F. DiNardo 2019-02-05 $80,901,000
10188386 Surgical stapler with anvil state indicator John P. Measamer, Charles J. Scheib 2019-01-29 $128,744,000
D837373 Surgical stapler Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Omar J. Vakharia, Matthew S. Corbin, Veronica J. Schlegel, Joshua R. Uth +1 more 2019-01-01