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John E. Rivera — 7 Patents

CACardica: 5 patents #23 of 44Top 55%
AAAesculap Ag: 2 patents #165 of 481Top 35%
Woodside, CA: #170 of 553 inventorsTop 35%
California: #83,669 of 386,348 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
John E. Rivera has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Cardica. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in August 2021. John E. Rivera ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list John E. Rivera in Woodside, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2012.peak 22011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents20132016: 1 patents20162018: 1 patents20182021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11096685 Surgical stapler and feeder belt configurations Nathan H. White, Michael Schaller, Michael Murillo, Jared L. Van Cleave, Philipe R. Manoux +2 more 2021-08-24
10130362 D-shaped surgical staples Nathan H. White, Michael Schaller, Michael Murillo, Jared L. Van Cleave, Philipe R. Manoux +2 more 2018-11-20
9386986 Staple and feeder belt configurations for surgical stapler Nathan H. White, Michael Schaller, Michael Murillo, Jared L. Van Cleave, Philipe R. Manoux +2 more 2016-07-12 $481,000
8365973 D-shaped surgical staples Nathan H. White, Michael Schaller, Michael Murillo, Jared L. Van Cleave, Philipe R. Manoux +2 more 2013-02-05 $258,000
8225980 True multi-fire surgical stapler with buttress strip 2012-07-24 $824,000
8096457 Articulation mechanisms for surgical instrument Philipe R. Manoux, Michael Murillo 2012-01-17 $628,000
8056789 Staple and feeder belt configurations for surgical stapler Nathan H. White, Michael Schaller, Michael Murillo, Jared L. Van Cleave, Philipe R. Manoux +2 more 2011-11-15 $973,000