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Brian Chiu — 9 Patents

AVAvinger: 4 patents #21 of 35Top 60%
FCFuu Hwa Vacuum Bottle Co.: 4 patents #1 of 3Top 35%
Medtronic: 1 patents #6,046 of 6,367Top 95%
San Francisco, CA: #4,981 of 26,999 inventorsTop 20%
California: #67,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Brian Chiu has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Avinger. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in December 2024. Brian Chiu ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Brian Chiu in San Francisco, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2003.peak 22000: 1 patents20002003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents20042008: 1 patents20082016: 1 patents20162019: 1 patents20192021: 1 patents20212024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12171407 Atherectomy catheter drive assemblies Brian Y. Tachibana, Charles W. McNall, Michael Zung, Peter Howard Smith, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne +1 more 2024-12-24 $102,000
11206975 Atherectomy catheter drive assemblies Brian Y. Tachibana, Charles W. McNall, Michael Zung, Peter Howard Smith, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne +1 more 2021-12-28 $1,539,000
10244934 Atherectomy catheter drive assemblies Brian Y. Tachibana, Charles W. McNall, Michael Zung, Peter Howard Smith, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne +1 more 2019-04-02 $1,923,000
9345398 Atherectomy catheter drive assemblies Brian Y. Tachibana, Charles W. McNall, Michael Zung, Peter Howard Smith, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne +1 more 2016-05-24 $821,000
7419501 Integrated mechanical handle with quick slide mechanism Ari Gershman, Burt Goodson, Paul L. Weber, Richard E. Repp, David Jensen 2008-09-02 $85,833,000
6808088 Spigot device for a liquid container 2004-10-26
D478460 Portable water container 2003-08-19
6520368 Thermos with a detachable stand 2003-02-18
6123196 Insulating jugs stackable one over the other 2000-09-26