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Heidi Nelson — 5 Patents

GEGentex: 3 patents #212 of 567Top 40%
MFMayo Foundation: 3 patents #386 of 1,749Top 25%
Rochester, MN: #943 of 3,042 inventorsTop 35%
Minnesota: #13,707 of 52,454 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Heidi Nelson has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Gentex. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in June 2024. Heidi Nelson ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Heidi Nelson in Rochester, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2014.peak 12014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents20222024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11998399 Systems and methods for detection and illumination of regions of interest Jason D. Hallack, Joshua D. Lintz, David M. Falb, Kurtis L. Geerlings, William L. Tonar +5 more 2024-06-04 $29,700,000
11517393 Systems and methods for detection and illumination of regions of interest Jason D. Hallack, Joshua D. Lintz, David M. Falb, Kurtis L. Geerlings, William L. Tonar +5 more 2022-12-06 $10,367,000
11054113 Adaptive lighting array with image-based control Jason D. Hallack, Joshua D. Lintz, David M. Falb, Kurtis L. Geerlings, William L. Tonar +5 more 2021-07-06 $16,083,000
9301758 Surgical stapler delivery systems and methods of assembling the staplers David W. Larson 2016-04-05
8727198 Surgical stapler delivery systems and methods of assembling the staplers David W. Larson 2014-05-20