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Patrick Flanagan

ISIntuitive Surgical: 4 patents #40 of 269Top 15%
BNBlackhawk Network: 1 patents #4 of 26Top 20%
San Diego, CA: #314 of 4,495 inventorsTop 7%
California: #3,968 of 66,859 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (2021): #29,056 of 548,734Top 6%
5 Patents 2021

Issued Patents 2021

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11160625 Systems to apply preload tension for surgical instruments and related methods Matthew A. Wixey, William A. Burbank, Thomas G. Cooper, Nicholas Ragosta, Donald F. Wilson, Jr. 2021-11-02
11096687 Methods and systems for detecting staple cartridge misfire or failure David W. Weir 2021-08-24
11026755 Systems and methods for operating an end effector David W. Weir, Grant Duque, Kevin Durant, Margaret M. Nixon, David W. Robinson +1 more 2021-06-08
10973519 System and method for variable velocity surgical instrument David W. Weir, Gabriel F. Brisson, William A. Burbank, Amir Chaghajerdi, Pushkar Hingwe +3 more 2021-04-13
10970714 System and method for using intelligent codes in conjunction with stored-value cards Tomas Ariel Campos 2021-04-06