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Thomas G. Cooper — 241 Patents

Intuitive Surgical: 221 patents #1 of 719Top 1%
ACAcuson: 9 patents #33 of 252Top 15%
QUQuantum: 2 patents #205 of 703Top 30%
BIBaxter International: 2 patents #1,255 of 2,440Top 55%
GE: 1 patents #19,940 of 36,430Top 55%
Menlo Park, CA: #6 of 3,774 inventorsTop 1%
California: #384 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #2,205 of 4,157,543Top 1%
241 Patents All Time
Thomas G. Cooper has been granted 241 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intuitive Surgical. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in December 2025. Thomas G. Cooper ranks #2,205 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.05%). Patent records list Thomas G. Cooper in Menlo Park, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 17 patents in 2025.peak 171994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1996: 3 patents1997: 2 patents19971998: 1 patents2000: 2 patents2001: 5 patents20012002: 4 patents2003: 4 patents2004: 3 patents20042005: 2 patents2006: 2 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 2 patents2010: 8 patents2011: 8 patents20112012: 13 patents2013: 10 patents2014: 13 patents20142015: 13 patents2016: 15 patents2017: 15 patents20172018: 15 patents2019: 13 patents2020: 16 patents20202021: 15 patents2022: 10 patents2023: 13 patents20232024: 11 patents2025: 17 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 241 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12502225 Systems and methods for a dual-control surgical instrument David Q. Larkin, Paul E. Lilagan 2025-12-23
12496153 Routing mechanisms for surgical instruments, and related devices, systems, and methods William J. Park 2025-12-16
12491038 Limited movement of a surgical mounting platform controlled by manual motion of robotic arms Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W. Mohr, Nitish Swarup, Michael Costa, David Q. Larkin 2025-12-09
12465198 Side-looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly Eugene F. Duval, Daniele Rosa, Matthew A. Williams 2025-11-11
12433701 Geared grip actuation for medical instruments Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht 2025-10-07
12426974 Systems to apply preload tension for surgical instruments and related methods Matthew A. Wixey, William A. Burbank, Patrick Flanagan, Nicholas Ragosta, Donald F. Wilson, Jr. 2025-09-30
12419707 Geared roll drive for medical instrument Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht 2025-09-23
12329401 Instrument shafts with relief features, and related devices, systems, and methods Isabelle Heye, Thomas Welch Brown 2025-06-17
12310552 Minimally invasive surgical system David Q. Larkin, Catherine J. Mohr, David J. Rosa 2025-05-27
12285226 Flux disambiguation for teleoperated surgical systems Robert E. Holop 2025-04-29
12285232 Cable tensioning in a robotic surgical system Roman L. Devengenzo, Todd R. Solomon 2025-04-29
12274523 Surgical system sterile drape Anthony K. McGrogan, Jeffrey D. Brown, Eugene F. Duval, Daniel H. Gomez, Robert E. Holop +1 more 2025-04-15
12239497 Instrument flushing system Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht, S. Christopher Anderson 2025-03-04
12220190 Preloaded surgical instrument interface Anthony K. McGrogan, Robert E. Holop, Todd R. Solomon, Eugene F. Duval, Kent M. Anderson 2025-02-11
12208520 Devices, systems and methods for controlling cable drive mechanisms Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht, Andrew C. Waterbury 2025-01-28
12207895 Surgical system entry guide Jeffrey D. Brown, Nicola Diolaiti, Eugene F. Duval, Daniel H. Gomez, Robert E. Holop +3 more 2025-01-28
12201264 Side-looking minimally invasive surgery instrument assembly Eugene F. Duval, David J. Rosa, Matthew R. Williams 2025-01-21
12137926 Direct pull surgical gripper 2024-11-12 $103,204,000
12127807 Surgical system instrument mounting Daniel H. Gomez, Jeffrey D. Brown, Eugene F. Duval, Robert E. Holop, Anthony K. McGrogan +3 more 2024-10-29 $176,285,000
12089809 Minimally invasive surgical system David Q. Larkin, Catherine J. Mohr, David J. Rosa 2024-09-17 $190,331,000
12076038 Rotary input for lever actuation S. Christopher Anderson 2024-09-03 $197,796,000
11992936 Surgical system with variable entry guide configurations Anthony K. McGrogan, David Q. Larkin, Kent M. Anderson, Jeffrey D. Brown, Paul E. Lilagan +1 more 2024-05-28 $87,984,000
11986208 Entry guide for multiple instruments in a single port surgical system Daniel H. Gomez, Paul E. Lilagan, Anthony K. McGrogan, Giuseppe Maria Prisco 2024-05-21 $112,015,000
11974828 Techniques for operating a kinematic structure by manual motion of link coupled to the kinematic structure Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W. Mohr, Nitish Swarup, Michael Costa, David Q. Larkin +1 more 2024-05-07 $182,385,000
11969889 Lever actuated gimbal plate S. Christopher Anderson 2024-04-30 $106,503,000