Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
Home › Covidien Lp › Robert C. Smith
RS

Robert C. Smith — 140 Patents

CLCovidien Lp: 64 patents #42 of 2,878Top 2%
TLTyco Healthcare Group Lp: 33 patents #6 of 736Top 1%
USUnited States Surgical: 14 patents #58 of 487Top 15%
Schlumberger Technology: 7 patents #902 of 7,293Top 15%
FCFranklin Electric Co.: 3 patents #13 of 101Top 15%
SESuperior Electron: 2 patents #12 of 39Top 35%
UVUniversity Of Victoria: 1 patents #11 of 27Top 45%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
IBM: 1 patents #44,878 of 70,183Top 65%
KTKollmorgen Technologies: 1 patents #108 of 174Top 65%
AMAmoco: 1 patents #610 of 1,251Top 50%
UAUS Army: 1 patents #2,854 of 6,974Top 45%
BHBaker Hughes Holdings: 1 patents #1,949 of 3,522Top 60%
GOGoldenrod: 1 patents #2 of 8Top 25%
SDSurgical Dynamics: 1 patents #18 of 36Top 50%
TWThe Babcock & Wilcox: 1 patents #416 of 920Top 50%
TRTri-Tech: 1 patents #10 of 18Top 60%
Chapin, SC: #1 of 82 inventorsTop 2%
South Carolina: #11 of 15,501 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #7,197 of 4,157,543Top 1%
140 Patents All Time
Robert C. Smith has been granted 140 US patents while listed as an inventor at Covidien Lp. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in January 2023. Robert C. Smith ranks #7,197 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.17%). Patent records list Robert C. Smith in Chapin, SC, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 140 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11559327 Optical obturator Thomas Wenchell 2023-01-24
11529169 Optical trocar visualization system and apparatus Henry E. Holsten, Christopher Kelly Evans 2022-12-20
11105323 Motor drive system and method Jason L. Coney, Jared E. Evans 2021-08-31 $21,045,000
10874429 Surgical access device including gimbal mount cooperating with bellows attached to proximal wall of seal housing — 2020-12-29
10631855 Wound closure device including direct-driven needle — 2020-04-28
10610258 Optical obturator Thomas Wenchell 2020-04-07
10588662 Optical trocar visualization system and apparatus Henry E. Holsten, Christopher Kelly Evans 2020-03-17
10371781 Gain-corrected measurements Dean Homan, Emmanuel Legendre, Reza Taherian, Jean Seydoux, Eunmi Choi +2 more 2019-08-06 $13,682,000
10159402 Optical trocar with scope holding assembly — 2018-12-25
10092321 Bladeless obturators and bladeless obturator members Gregory Fischvogt 2018-10-09
10090878 Motor drive system and method Greg A. Emshwiller, Richard J. Halsey, Christopher Hawkins, Douglas C. Lynn, Ross E. Waite +1 more 2018-10-02 $13,054,000
10064648 Optical penetrating adapter for surgical portal — 2018-09-04
10022149 Optical trocar visualization system and apparatus Henry E. Holsten, Christopher Kelly Evans 2018-07-17
9980721 Wound closure device including direct-driven needle — 2018-05-29
9901372 Surgical access device including gimbal mount cooperating with bellows attached to proximal wall of seal housing — 2018-02-27
9832558 Anti-shock self-powered microphone and monitor system for wind instruments and a mount therefor — 2017-11-28
9788857 Trocar assembly Michael J. Bettuchi, Michael K. Davis, Brian Rockrohr, Gregory Fischvogt 2017-10-17
9668721 Wound retractor including rigid ring — 2017-06-06
9549758 Surgical access assembly with adapter Anibal Rodrigues 2017-01-24
9526521 Surgical access assembly and method of use therefor — 2016-12-27
9486242 Surgical access device including gimbal seal with self-centering mechanism Gennady Kleyman 2016-11-08
9402532 Optical obturator Gennady Kleyman 2016-08-02
9402611 Surgical portal with rotating seal — 2016-08-02
9386980 Wound closure device including direct-driven needle — 2016-07-12
9357910 Wound retractor including rigid ring — 2016-06-07

Nearby-Ranked Inventors

Yoshiaki Watanabe140
Kiran Misra140
John C. Bucher140
Takehiko Tanaka140
Antoni Kozlowski140
Chin-Wen Chou140
Hisashi Yamagishi140
Petteri Masalin140
James N. Watson140