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Charles Thomas — 10 Patents

Medtronic: 5 patents #2,018 of 6,367Top 35%
PPPhillips Petroleum: 2 patents #1,145 of 2,506Top 50%
Lockheed Martin: 2 patents #1,607 of 6,507Top 25%
RIRic Investments: 1 patents #178 of 265Top 70%
Santa Rosa, CA: #180 of 1,373 inventorsTop 15%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Charles Thomas has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Medtronic. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in February 2025. Charles Thomas ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Charles Thomas in Santa Rosa, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2014.peak 21980: 1 patents19801985: 1 patents19851995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19962012: 1 patents20122014: 2 patents20142019: 1 patents20192022: 1 patents20222025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12220306 Methods and apparatus for treatment of aneurysms adjacent branch arteries Prema Ganesan O'Brien, Jonathan Morris, David Erickson, Matthew Rust, Curtis Hanson +1 more 2025-02-11
11504223 Methods and apparatus for treatment of aneurysms adjacent branch arteries Prema Ganesan O'Brien, Jonathan Morris, David Erickson, Matthew Rust, Curtis Hanson +1 more 2022-11-22 $86,041,000
10307244 Methods and apparatus for treatment of aneurysms adjacent branch arteries Prema Ganesan, Jonathan Morris, David Erickson, Matthew Rust, Curtis Hanson +1 more 2019-06-04 $82,999,000
8794235 System and method for treating ventilatory instability Smita Garde, Stephen Dalton Pittman, Leonardo A. Baloa, Stefanida K. Blake, Manuel Laura +1 more 2014-08-05
8715336 Methods and apparatus for treatment of aneurysms adjacent to branch arteries Jack Chu, David Erickson, Jonathon Morris, Prema Ganesan, Curtis Hanson +2 more 2014-05-06 $21,994,000
8133266 Expandable tip delivery system and method Richard Thomas, Janelle Chang, Aidan O'Leary, David Gray, Arif Iftekhar 2012-03-13 $18,625,000
5490531 Apparatus for removing hydrocarbon contaminants from solid materials Gregory Bala 1996-02-13 $19,981,000
5454878 Method for removing hydrocarbon contaminants from solid materials Gregory Bala 1995-10-03 $59,859,000
4495995 Method for plugging and subsequent treatment of subterranean formations Hsiu-Kuo CHEN 1985-01-29 $16,660,000
4231428 Well treatment method Riley B. Needham, Donald R. Wier 1980-11-04