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Gerald M. Mitchell — 24 Patents

COCoherent: 13 patents #19 of 402Top 5%
ARAms Research: 2 patents #92 of 236Top 40%
Boston Scientific Scimed: 2 patents #1,673 of 3,579Top 50%
LALaserscope: 1 patents #16 of 40Top 40%
LULumenis: 1 patents #60 of 115Top 55%
MIMoen Incorporated: 1 patents #140 of 208Top 70%
Los Altos, CA: #497 of 3,651 inventorsTop 15%
California: #23,266 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Gerald M. Mitchell has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Coherent. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in February 2022. Gerald M. Mitchell ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Gerald M. Mitchell in Los Altos, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11253317 Soft tissue selective ablation surgical systems Kenneth J. Arnold 2022-02-22
9980776 Side-firing fiber delivery device with active cooling cap Yihlih Peng 2018-05-29 $20,374,000
9844410 Flash vaporization surgical systems Kenneth J. Arnold 2017-12-19
9622819 Flash vaporization surgical systems Kenneth J. Arnold 2017-04-18
9456871 Side-firing fiber delivery device with active cooling cap Yihlih Peng 2016-10-04 $28,162,000
8881735 Flash vaporization surgical systems and method Kenneth J. Arnold 2014-11-11
8858542 Side-firing fiber delivery device with active cooling cap Yihlih Peng 2014-10-14
7995638 High power, end pumped laser with off-peak pumping 2011-08-09
7869016 Fiber damage detection and protection device Douglas G. Stinson, Michael W. Sasnett, David S. Jebens, Michael R. Hodel 2011-01-11
6395000 High repetition rate erbium: YAG laser for tissue ablation Edward D. Reed, Greg Spooner, Michael Hmelar 2002-05-28 $5,616,000
6192529 Modular shower arm construction Timothy P. Jones, Norman E. Limpert, Martin Zummersch 2001-02-27
6096031 High repetition rate erbium:YAG laser for tissue ablation Edward D. Reed, Greg Spooner, Michael Hmelar 2000-08-01 $16,488,000
5911718 Method and apparatus for treating vascular lesions J. Michael Yarborough, R. Rox Anderson, George Marcellino 1999-06-15 $1,878,000
5781574 Liquid circulation system for cooling a laser head Kevin P. Connors, James L. Hobart, Edward D. Reed, David Trost, Kenneth J. Bossie +2 more 1998-07-14 $1,967,000
5754573 Method and apparatus for treating vascular lesions J. Michael Yarborough, R. Rox Anderson, George Marcellino 1998-05-19 $2,526,000
5644585 High repetition rate Eribum-YAG laser for tissue ablation Edward D. Reed, Greg Spooner, Michael Hmelar 1997-07-01 $5,513,000
5642370 High repetition rate erbium; YAG laser for tissue ablation Edward D. Reed, Greg Spooner, Michael Hmelar 1997-06-24 $4,378,000
5558667 Method and apparatus for treating vascular lesions J. Michael Yarborough, R. Rox Anderson, George Marcellino 1996-09-24 $2,224,000
5375132 Solid state laser with interleaved output Kevin P. Connors, James L. Hobart, Edward D. Reed, David Trost, Kenneth J. Bossie +2 more 1994-12-20 $1,783,000
5327442 Solid state laser with dual cooling loops J. Michael Yarborough, Kenneth J. Bossie 1994-07-05 $1,509,000
5257989 Contact laser delivery probe Enrique M. Celaya, Richard G. Caro, Nubar Manoukian 1993-11-02 $743,000
5226054 Cavity mirror for suppressing high gain laser wavelengths J. Michael Yarborough, Dennis Fischer 1993-07-06 $1,654,000
5132980 Method and device for preconditioning a laser having a solid state gain medium Kevin P. Connors, J. Michael Yarborough, Michael Krupp 1992-07-21 $1,258,000
4862469 Suppression of the second intracavity pulse in a synchronously pumped dye laser Bernard J. Couillaud 1989-08-29 $1,342,000