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Jerome R. Morgan — 67 Patents in 2021

Johnson & Johnson: 35 patents #4 of 1,204Top 1%
CICilag Gmbh International: 32 patents #5 of 294Top 2%
Cincinnati, OH: #2 of 867 inventorsTop 1%
Ohio: #5 of 7,535 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (2021): #138 of 548,734Top 1%
67 Patents 2021

Issued Patents 2021

Showing 1–25 of 67 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11207065 Method for fabricating surgical stapler anvils Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Gregory J. Bakos, Taylor W. Aronhalt +1 more 2021-12-28
11202633 Surgical stapling buttresses and adjunct materials Jason L. Harris, Charles J. Scheib, Bret W. Smith, Lucia M. Casella, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-12-21
11197670 Surgical end effectors with pivotal jaws configured to touch at their respective distal ends when fully closed Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-12-14
11185325 End effector including different tissue gaps Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Lauren S. Weaner, Michael J. Vendely, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Chester O. Baxter, III +1 more 2021-11-30
11179152 Surgical instrument comprising a tissue grasping system Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-11-23
11179155 Anvil arrangements for surgical staplers Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-11-23
11154301 Modular stapling assembly Andrew T. Beckman, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, David C. Yates, Chester O. Baxter, III, Joshua R. Uth +2 more 2021-10-26
11154297 Layer arrangements for surgical staple cartridges Jeffrey S. Swayze, Katherine J. Schmid, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-10-26
11147547 Surgical stapler comprising storable cartridges having different staple sizes Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris 2021-10-19
11141153 Staple cartridges comprising driver arrangements Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-10-12
11135352 End effector including a gradually releasable medical adjunct Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Joseph C. Hueil, Leslie M. Fugikawa 2021-10-05
11133106 Surgical instrument assembly comprising a retraction assembly Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Emily A. Schellin, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Steven G. Hall 2021-09-28
11129616 Surgical stapling system Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-09-28
11123069 Surgical stapler with plurality of cutting elements Chester O. Baxter, III, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Charles J. Scheib, Michael J. Vendely 2021-09-21
11109864 Surgical stapler with plurality of cutting elements Chester O. Baxter, III, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Charles J. Scheib, Michael J. Vendely 2021-09-07
11109860 Surgical end effectors for use with hand-held and robotically-controlled rotary powered surgical systems Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2021-09-07
11103248 Surgical staples for minimizing staple roll Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2021-08-31
11103245 Knife for surgical stapler and associated method of manufacture with MIM and hip Anil K. Nalagatla, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jason L. Harris 2021-08-31
11083457 Surgical instrument system including replaceable end effectors Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-08-10
11083456 Articulating surgical instrument incorporating a two-piece firing mechanism Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Michael E. Setser, Kevin R. Doll 2021-08-10
11083452 Staple cartridge including a tissue thickness compensator Katherine J. Schmid, Donna L. Korvick, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-08-10
11083453 Surgical stapling system including a flexible firing actuator and lateral buckling supports Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jason L. Harris, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2021-08-10
11058423 Stapling system including first and second closure systems for use with a surgical robot Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2021-07-13
11058426 Staple cartridge assembly comprising various tissue compression gaps and staple forming gaps Anil K. Nalagatla, Brian F. DiNardo, Disha V. Labhasetwar, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze +2 more 2021-07-13
11058418 Surgical end effector having buttress retention features Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Thomas W. Huitema, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2021-07-13