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Christopher F. Heck — 15 Patents

HEHeartport: 12 patents #15 of 81Top 20%
ESElf Atochem S.A.: 1 patents #238 of 505Top 50%
OUOhio State University: 1 patents #193 of 584Top 35%
Columbus, OH: #176 of 3,880 inventorsTop 5%
Ohio: #4,948 of 73,341 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Christopher F. Heck has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Heartport. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in October 2006. Christopher F. Heck ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Christopher F. Heck in Columbus, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2006Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1998.peak 31998: 3 patents19981999: 3 patents19992001: 3 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 3 patents20032004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents2006

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7122044 Surgical stapling instrument and method thereof Lee Bolduc 2006-10-17
6763993 Surgical stapling instrument and method thereof Lee Bolduc 2004-07-20
6659327 Surgical anastomosis apparatus and method thereof Lee Bolduc 2003-12-09
6631837 Surgical stapling instrument and method thereof 2003-10-14
6588643 Surgical stapling instrument and method thereof Lee Bolduc 2003-07-08
6450390 Surgical anastomosis apparatus and method thereof Lee Bolduc 2002-09-17
6253984 Surgical anastomosis apparatus and method thereof Lee Bolduc 2001-07-03
6209773 Surgical stapling instrument and method thereof Lee Bolduc 2001-04-03 $1,701,000
6176413 Surgical anastomosis apparatus and method thereof Lee Bolduc 2001-01-23 $1,133,000
5957363 Method of performing vascular anastomosis 1999-09-28
5947363 Surgical stapling instrument and method thereof Lee Bolduc 1999-09-07 $1,834,000
5881943 Surgical anastomosis apparatus and method thereof Lee Bolduc 1999-03-16 $4,022,000
5792151 Method and apparatus for ligating a blood vessel, tissue or other bodily duct Eric R. Schertel, William H. Strater 1998-08-11
5732872 Surgical stapling instrument Lee Bolduc 1998-03-31 $4,409,000
5709335 Surgical stapling instrument and method thereof 1998-01-20 $7,284,000