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Mark B. Downing — 35 Patents

AAAdvanced Bionics Ag: 32 patents #12 of 269Top 5%
NANobel Biocare Ab: 1 patents #31 of 60Top 55%
Valencia, CA: #32 of 722 inventorsTop 5%
California: #14,008 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Mark B. Downing has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at Advanced Bionics Ag. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in January 2024. Mark B. Downing ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Mark B. Downing in Valencia, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2017.peak 62000: 1 patents20002012: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 5 patents2017: 6 patents20172018: 6 patents2019: 2 patents20192021: 4 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11865330 Headpieceless hearing assistance apparatus, systems and methods with distributed power Gerhard Roehrlein, Stefan Launer, Lee F. Hartley, Lakshmi N. Mishra, Abhijit Kulkarni 2024-01-09
11771903 Apparatuses and methods for managing stimulation parameters for an implant Roger Calixto, Kanthaiah Koka, Anthony J. Spahr, Leonid M. Litvak, Amy Stein 2023-10-03
11452865 Apparatus and methods for making cochlear implant electrode arrays Sarah Elizabeth Clabeaux, Nicholas Wise, Uli Gommel, Martin Sandoval-Perez, Morgan Gegg 2022-09-27
11213688 Utilization of a non-wearable coil to remotely power a cochlear implant from a distance R. Tissa Karunasiri 2022-01-04
11135430 Apparatuses and methods for setting cochlear implant system stimulation parameters based on electrode impedance measurements Roger Calixto, Kanthaiah Koka, Anthony J. Spahr, Mary Elizabeth Bush, Leonid M. Litvak +1 more 2021-10-05
11090500 Fixation device and methods for an implantable medical device James George Elcoate Smith, Sung-Jin Lee 2021-08-17
11007362 Systems and methods for inserting a peri-straight electrode array into a cochlea of a recipient Bing Xu, Leonid M. Litvak 2021-05-18
10994129 Headpieceless hearing assistance apparatus, systems and methods with distributed power Gerhard Roehrlein, Stefan Launer, Lee F. Hartley, Lakshmi N. Mishra, Abhijit Kulkarni 2021-05-04
10406372 Headpieceless hearing assistance apparatus, systems and methods with distributed power Gerhard Roehrlein, Stefan Launer, Lee F. Hartley, Lakshmi N. Mishra, Abhijit Kulkarni 2019-09-10
10195444 Implantable hearing assistance apparatus and corresponding systems and methods Gerhard Roehrlein, Stefan Launer, Lee F. Hartley, Lakshmi N. Mishra, Abhijit Kulkarni +1 more 2019-02-05
10058697 Thermoformed electrode arrays Bing Xu, Kurt J. Koester 2018-08-28
10058698 Asymmetric cochlear implant electrodes and method Bing Xu, Kurt J. Koester 2018-08-28
10058699 Implantable leads with flag extensions Bing Xu, Kurt J. Koester 2018-08-28
10016589 Mid-scalar electrode array Chuladatta Thenuwara, Rosa Gallegos, Lidia Vasquez 2018-07-10
9968781 Implantable hearing assistance apparatus and corresponding systems and methods Gerhard Roehrlein, Stefan Launer, Lee F. Hartley, Lakshmi N. Mishra, Abhijit Kulkarni +1 more 2018-05-15
9895536 Thin profile cochlear implants Chuladatta Thenuwara, Kurt J. Koester, Stefan Menzl 2018-02-20
9844666 Retention of a magnet in a cochlear implant Chuladatta Thenuwara 2017-12-19
9717909 Systems and methods for facilitating post-implant acoustic-only operation of an electro-acoustic stimulation (“EAS”) sound processor Carol Murad 2017-08-01
9687648 Systems and methods for positioning an intraneural electrode array in an auditory nerve Abhijit Kulkarni, Leonid M. Litvak 2017-06-27
9643021 Electrical feedthrough assembly Kurt J. Koester, Chuladatta Thenuwara, Timothy Beerling, David Stuursma, Logan P. Palmer 2017-05-09
9561361 Atraumatic electrode lead Chuladatta Thenuwara, Rosa Gallego, Lidia Vasquez 2017-02-07
9533146 Systems and methods for facilitating apical electrode stimulation by an electro-acoustic stimulation system Leonid M. Litvak 2017-01-03
9492654 Cochlear lead Chuladatta Thenuwara 2016-11-15
9474546 Pre-curved electrode array insertion tools William George Orinski, Steve J. Blomquist 2016-10-25
9415207 Mid-scalar electrode array Chuladatta Thenuwara, Rosa Gallegos, Lidia Vasquez 2016-08-16