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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Intuitive Surgical — 2,441 Patents

Rank (All Time): #340 of 106,120Top 1%
741 inventors
2,441 Patents All Time

Top Inventors at Intuitive Surgical All Time

Showing 1–50 of 741 inventors

RankNamePatents
1 Thomas G. Cooper 221
2 Tao Zhao 150
3 Bruce M. Schena 149
#4 Brandon D. Itkowitz 135
#5 Paul W. Mohr 129
#6 Vincent Duindam 128
#7 Giuseppe Maria Prisco 126
#8 Simon P. DiMaio 117
#9 Nicola Diolaiti 103
#10 Stephen J. Blumenkranz 113
#11 Nitish Swarup 97
#12 Brian D. Hoffman 90
#13 Ian E. McDowall 88
#13 William A. Burbank 89
#15 Theodore W. Rogers 85
#16 Paul G. Griffiths 84
#17 Gregory W. Dachs, II 83
#18 Wenyi Zhao 81
#19 John Ryan Steger 79
#20 Daniel H. Gomez 78
#21 William C. Nowlin 90
#22 David W. Robinson 72
#23 Mark E. Froggatt 68
#24 Catherine J. Mohr 60
#25 Federico Barbagli 59
#25 Mahdi Azizian 59
#27 Arjang M. Hourtash 58
#27 David J. Rosa 70
#27 Roman L. Devengenzo 60
#30 Anthony K. McGrogan 56
#30 S. Christopher Anderson 62
#32 Christopher J. Hasser 55
#33 Caitlin Q. Donhowe 52
#33 Gary S. Guthart 77
#33 Jonathan M. Sorger 52
#36 Paul E. Lilagan 51
#36 Eugene F. Duval 54
#38 David W. Weir 50
#38 Michael Hanuschik 50
#40 Matthew A. Wixey 49
#41 David W. Bailey 48
#41 Thomas R. Nixon 49
#43 Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht 47
#44 Gabriel F. Brisson 45
#44 Prashant Chopra 45
#46 Pushkar Hingwe 43
#47 Jeffrey M. DiCarlo 42
#47 Timothy D. Soper 42
#49 Ruey-Feng Peh 39
#49 David S. Mintz 42