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James Y. Chon — 51 Patents

ALAlcon: 19 patents #23 of 866Top 3%
Novartis Ag: 14 patents #186 of 5,128Top 4%
ARAlcon Research: 11 patents #19 of 267Top 8%
ALAlcon Laboratories: 4 patents #65 of 314Top 25%
PRPrintronix: 2 patents #27 of 75Top 40%
Irvine, CA: #120 of 6,241 inventorsTop 2%
California: #7,783 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #51,932 of 4,157,543Top 2%
51 Patents All Time
James Y. Chon has been granted 51 US patents while listed as an inventor at Alcon. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in October 2025. James Y. Chon ranks #51,932 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list James Y. Chon in Irvine, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 51 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12446919 Cannula assembly Jeff Gonzales, Grace Liao, Hanspeter Naef, Ashish Sinha, Mark W. Vojtasek 2025-10-21
12427058 Bi-modal ultrasonic handpiece system Ahmad Salehi, Kurt D. Leukanech, Satish Yalamanchili, Dan Teodorescu, Ho Man Michael Fong 2025-09-30
12290281 Valved cannula assembly Joel Cicchella, Robert Jeffrey Heng, Grace Liao, Ashish Sinha 2025-05-06
12186236 Adjustable stiffener for surgical instruments Bill Chen, Russell L. Finlay, Paul R. Hallen 2025-01-07
D1054023 Cannula protector with scleral markers Joel Cicchella, Grace Liao, Ashish Sinha 2024-12-10
11998483 Adjustable stiffener for surgical instruments Bill Chen, John R. Underwood 2024-06-04 $76,423,000
11903573 Trocar-cannula assembly cap Joel Cicchella, Russell L. Finlay, Grace Liao, Ashish Sinha 2024-02-20 $48,896,000
11877955 Infusion cannula Robert Jeffrey Heng, Grace Liao, Ashish Sinha, Satish Yalamanchili 2024-01-23 $27,346,000
11865245 Irrigation sleeve for ophthalmic procedures Andrea Kim 2024-01-09 $63,207,000
11844725 Visually traceable vitrectomy probe cap Nathaniel Reyes, John R. Underwood, Ravi Durvasula 2023-12-19 $58,915,000
11399914 Self-illuminating microsurgical cannula device Joshua Anderson, Mark Harrison Farley, Paul R. Hallen, Niels Alexander Abt 2022-08-02 $106,226,000
11185442 Hybrid phacoemulsification needle Kristine Velasco, Rudolph F. Zacher 2021-11-30 $56,074,000
10561529 Surgical handpiece with reverse flow priming Robert Stephen Maurer, Jr., Satish Yalamanchili 2020-02-18 $31,833,000
10182939 Hydraulic injector and methods for intra-ocular lens insertion Hugh B. Canelli, Partha Chandrakant, Gary P. Sorensen, Daniel J. Wilson, Raphael Gordon 2019-01-22 $28,080,000
9681947 Intraocular lens delivery system with temperature control Mikhail Boukhny, David A. Downer, Steve Van Noy 2017-06-20 $9,391,000
9610193 Forward flow impeding infusion sleeve and associated systems and methods Kristine Velasco 2017-04-04 $34,143,000
9549851 Surgical hand piece with integrated pressure sensor Robert Stephen Maurer, Jr., Satish Yalamanchili 2017-01-24 $9,247,000
9486360 Dual electromagnetic coil vitrectomy probe 2016-11-08 $35,545,000
D756515 Pupil expander Hsin S. Chin, Rudolph F. Zacher 2016-05-17
D756516 Pupil expander Hsin S. Chin, Rudolph F. Zacher 2016-05-17
9282989 Method of controlling a surgical system based on a load on the cutting tip of a handpiece Mikhail Boukhny, Ann Yadlowsky, Ahmad Salehi 2016-03-15 $8,713,000
9283113 Ultrasonic hand piece John Zhongyu Yan 2016-03-15 $8,713,000
9233021 Phacoemulsification hook tip Alexander N. Artsyukhovich, Mikhail Boukhny, Ramon Dimalanta 2016-01-12
8900249 Method of delivering temperature controlled intraocular lens Mikhail Boukhny, David A. Downer, Steve Van Noy 2014-12-02 $14,237,000
8814894 Ultrasound handpiece Mikhail Boukhny, Ahmad Salehi 2014-08-26 $14,069,000