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William N. Gregg — 22 Patents

ESEximis Surgical: 10 patents #1 of 10Top 10%
CLCovidien Lp: 8 patents #618 of 2,878Top 25%
SASherwood Services Ag: 3 patents #56 of 258Top 25%
TLTyco Healthcare Group Lp: 1 patents #401 of 736Top 55%
Superior, CO: #30 of 396 inventorsTop 8%
Colorado: #1,728 of 40,980 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
William N. Gregg has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Eximis Surgical. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in July 2025. William N. Gregg ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list William N. Gregg in Superior, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2017.peak 32005: 1 patents20052007: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 2 patents20142016: 1 patents2017: 3 patents20172020: 3 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12364533 Electrosurgical device and methods James A. Gilbert, Steven C. Rupp, Kristin D. Johnson, Dirk Johnson 2025-07-22
12018997 Tissue specimen removal device, system and method Joseph A. Paulus, Carlo Balleria, Dirk Johnson, Kristin D. Johnson 2024-06-25
12021333 Connector Robert Fuchs, Dirk Johnson 2024-06-25
11648045 Electrosurgical device and methods James A. Gilbert, Steven C. Rupp, Kristin D. Johnson, Dirk Johnson 2023-05-16
11504103 Tissue specimen removal device, system and method Dirk Johnson, John R. Twomey, Ryan C. Artale 2022-11-22
10925665 Large volume tissue reduction and removal system and method Kristin D. Johnson, Dirk Johnson 2021-02-23
10873164 Connector Robert Fuchs, Dirk Johnson 2020-12-22
10813628 Surgical device with DC power connection 2020-10-27
10603100 Electrosurgical device and methods James A. Gilbert, Steven C. Rupp, Kristin D. Johnson, Dirk Johnson 2020-03-31
9649147 Electrosurgical device and methods James A. Gilbert, Steven C. Rupp, Kristin D. Johnson, Dirk Johnson 2017-05-16
9636167 Surgical device with DC power connection 2017-05-02
9539051 System and method for return electrode monitoring Kyle R. Rick 2017-01-10
9522034 Large volume tissue reduction and removal system and method Kristin D. Johnson, Dirk Johnson 2016-12-20
8808161 Redundant temperature monitoring in electrosurgical systems for safety mitigation Derek M. Blaha 2014-08-19 $14,501,000
8801703 System and method for return electrode monitoring Kyle R. Rick 2014-08-12 $11,640,000
8430873 System and method for return electrode monitoring 2013-04-30 $5,972,000
8100898 System and method for return electrode monitoring 2012-01-24 $14,814,000
7938825 Multiple RF return pad contact detection system Thomas Sturm, Raymond Fredricks 2011-05-10 $45,175,000
7557317 Illuminated foot-switch Derek M. Blaha 2009-07-07 $42,361,000
7259340 Illuminated foot-switch Derek M. Blaha 2007-08-21
7160293 Multiple RF return pad contact detection system Thomas Sturm, Raymond Fredricks 2007-01-09
6860881 Multiple RF return pad contact detection system Thomas Sturm, Raymond Fredricks 2005-03-01