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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Fred Mercado — 8 Patents

ALAlcon: 4 patents #208 of 866Top 25%
UNUnisen: 2 patents #17 of 31Top 55%
ARAlcon Research: 1 patents #145 of 267Top 55%
Novartis Ag: 1 patents #2,882 of 5,128Top 60%
Laguna Hills, CA: #109 of 557 inventorsTop 20%
California: #74,834 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Fred Mercado has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Alcon. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in September 2025. Fred Mercado ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Fred Mercado in Laguna Hills, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2020.peak 22005: 1 patents20052007: 1 patents20072013: 1 patents20132019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents20202022: 1 patents20222025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12403036 Surgical systems including a power loss mitigation subsystem 2025-09-02
11452635 Surgical systems including a power loss mitigation subsystem 2022-09-27 $67,915,000
10864054 Tri-axial ergonomic footswitch Mauricio Jochinsen, Lingfeng Yu 2020-12-15 $50,313,000
10736700 Ergonomic foot-operated system 2020-08-11 $39,692,000
10517757 Surgical systems including a power loss mitigation subsystem 2019-12-31 $33,614,000
8546979 Self-matching pulse generator with adjustable pulse width and pulse frequency Tammo Heeren 2013-10-01
7267637 Exercise and therapeutic trainer John Rufino, Yong Ming Goh 2007-09-11
6908416 Exercise and therapeutic trainer John Rufino, Yong Ming Goh 2005-06-21