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Robert E. Woodard — 17 Patents

AFAfx: 8 patents #2 of 16Top 15%
FTFidus Medical Technology: 2 patents #6 of 14Top 45%
COConceptus: 2 patents #25 of 54Top 50%
PSPremier Laser Systems: 1 patents #10 of 27Top 40%
SSScimed Life Systems: 1 patents #685 of 1,161Top 60%
TTTarget Therapeutics: 1 patents #61 of 100Top 65%
ETEp Technologies: 1 patents #46 of 70Top 70%
MCMaquet Cardiovascular: 1 patents #94 of 132Top 75%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Robert E. Woodard has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Afx. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in June 2008. Robert E. Woodard ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Robert E. Woodard in معلمی نژاد, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2008Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2001.peak 31993: 1 patents19931995: 2 patents19951999: 2 patents19992000: 2 patents20002001: 3 patents20012002: 2 patents20022005: 1 patents20052006: 3 patents20062008: 1 patents2008

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7387627 Vacuum-assisted securing apparatus for a microwave ablation instrument Lyndall Erb, Dany Berube, Robert G. Matheny, Theodore C. Ormsby 2008-06-17
7115126 Directional microwave ablation instrument with off-set energy delivery portion Dany Berube, Theodore C. Ormsby 2006-10-03
7099717 Catheter having improved steering Hiep Nguyen, Dany Berube 2006-08-29
7052491 Vacuum-assisted securing apparatus for a microwave ablation instrument Lyndall Erb, Dany Berube, Robert G. Matheny, Theodore C. Ormsby 2006-05-30
6893436 Ablation instrument having a flexible distal portion Hiep Nguyen, Dany Berube 2005-05-17
6383182 Directional microwave ablation instrument with off-set energy delivery portion Dany Berube, Theodore C. Ormsby 2002-05-07
6364876 Vacuum-assisted securing apparatus for a microwave ablation instrument Lyndall Erb, Dany Berube, Robert G. Matheny, Theodore C. Ormsby 2002-04-02
6312427 Directional reflector shield assembly for a microwave ablation instrument Dany Berube, Theodore C. Ormsby 2001-11-06
6251128 Microwave ablation catheter with loop configuration Peter G. Knopp, Eugene Downar, Kevin T. Larkin, Hiep Nguyen 2001-06-26
6245062 Directional reflector shield assembly for a microwave ablation instrument Dany Berube, Theodore C. Ormsby 2001-06-12
6016811 Method of using a microwave ablation catheter with a loop configuration Peter G. Knopp, Eugene Downar, Kevin T. Larkin 2000-01-25
6013052 Catheter and piston-type actuation device for use with same Bernie Durman, Chris Kunis, Fiona M. Sander 2000-01-11
5984711 Methods and apparatus for increasing wire diameter to improve connectability — 1999-11-16
5947958 Radiation-transmitting sheath and methods for its use Julian Nikolchev, Phillip M. Olsen 1999-09-07 $503,000
5462523 Drug delivery system Gene Samson, Erik T. Engelson, Hiram Chee 1995-10-31 $6,182,000
5391146 Mechanism for manipulating the distal end of a biomedical device Dai Ton That 1995-02-21
5207673 Fiber optic apparatus for use with medical lasers Wendell V. Ebling, John F. Forkner, Robert J. Freiberg 1993-05-04

Frequent Collaborators

Dany Berube9 shared
Theodore C. Ormsby7 shared
Lyndall Erb3 shared
Robert G. Matheny3 shared
Hiep Nguyen3 shared
Kevin T. Larkin2 shared

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