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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Cheng Chen — 31 Patents

EUEast Carolina University: 11 patents #2 of 125Top 2%
NTNovadaq Technologies: 3 patents #5 of 35Top 15%
SLStryker European Operations Limited: 3 patents #101 of 404Top 25%
NTNanya Technology: 3 patents #232 of 775Top 30%
NUNovadaq Technologies Ulc: 2 patents #10 of 36Top 30%
MCMacronix International Co.: 2 patents #519 of 1,241Top 45%
Micron: 1 patents #6,001 of 6,374Top 95%
NTNational Taipei University Of Technology: 1 patents #78 of 314Top 25%
NUNational Taiwan University: 1 patents #729 of 2,195Top 35%
Stryker: 1 patents #897 of 1,405Top 65%
Greenville, NC: #3 of 364 inventorsTop 1%
North Carolina: #1,252 of 45,564 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Cheng Chen has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at East Carolina University. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in January 2025. Cheng Chen ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Cheng Chen in Greenville, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2023.peak 42001: 1 patents20012004: 2 patents2007: 1 patents20072011: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 3 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 3 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents2023: 4 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12186055 Quantification and analysis of angiography and perfusion T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 2025-01-07
11926340 Distributed centralized automatic driving method Yang Zhang, Jie Liu 2024-03-12
11835436 Specimen preparation method for eliminating membrane penetration effect on highly-weathered rock Xianwei Zhang, Xinyu Liu, Chao Ma, Jijun DU, Ruiduo Li 2023-12-05
11647889 Near-infrared fluorescence imaging for blood flow and perfusion visualization and related systems and computer program products Jiahong Jin, Thomas Bruce Ferguson, JR., Kenneth Michael Jacobs, Taylor Forbes, Bryent Tucker +1 more 2023-05-16
11564583 Method for evaluating blush in myocardial tissue Peter Dvorsky, David Mark Henri Goyette, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 2023-01-31 $144,960,000
11553844 Methods, systems and computer program products for calculating MetaKG signals for regions having multiple sets of optical characteristics Thomas Bruce Ferguson, JR., Sunghan Kim, William Hempstead 2023-01-17
11284801 Quantification and analysis of angiography and perfusion T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 2022-03-29 $105,460,000
11278220 Determining peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) and hemoglobin concentration using multi-spectral laser imaging (MSLI) methods and systems Bryent Tucker, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 2022-03-22
10948350 Systems for detecting vascular and arterial disease in asymptomatic patients and related methods T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr., Bryent Tucker, Sunghan Kim, William Hempstead 2021-03-16
10835138 Method for evaluating blush in myocardial tissue Peter Dvorsky, David Mark Henri Goyette, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 2020-11-17 $78,103,000
10792492 Methods, systems and computer program products for determining physiologic status parameters using signals derived from multispectral blood flow and perfusion imaging Thomas Bruce Ferguson, JR., Sunghan Kim, Zhiyong Peng, Kenneth Michael Jacobs 2020-10-06
10722173 Methods, systems and computer program products for visualizing anatomical structures and blood flow and perfusion physiology using imaging techniques Thomas Bruce Ferguson, JR., Kenneth Michael Jacobs, Zhiyong Peng 2020-07-28
10390718 Multi-spectral physiologic visualization (MSPV) using laser imaging methods and systems for blood flow and perfusion imaging and quantification in an endoscopic design T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr., Kenneth Michael Jacobs 2019-08-27
10278585 Quantification and analysis of angiography and perfusion T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 2019-05-07
10058256 Multi-spectral laser imaging (MSLI) methods and systems for blood flow and perfusion imaging and quantification T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr., Zhiyong Peng, Kenneth Michael Jacobs 2018-08-28
9936887 Method for evaluating blush in myocardial tissue Peter Dvorsky, David Mark Henri Goyette, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 2018-04-10
9831303 Capacitor structure and process for fabricating the same Chi-Hsiang Kuo, Chang-Yao Hsieh 2017-11-28
9610021 Method for evaluating blush in myocardial tissue Peter Dvorsky, David Mark Henri Goyette, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 2017-04-04 $5,126,000
9271658 Methods, systems and computer program products for non-invasive determination of blood flow distribution using speckle imaging techniques and hemodynamic modeling Thomas Bruce Ferguson, JR., Xin Hu 2016-03-01
9226673 Methods, systems and computer program products for non-invasive determination of blood flow distribution using speckle imaging techniques and hemodynamic modeling Thomas Bruce Ferguson, JR., Xin Hu 2016-01-05
9117759 Methods of forming bulb-shaped trenches in silicon Sanjeev Sapra, Hung-Ming Tsai, Sheng-Wei Yang 2015-08-25 $9,172,000
8965488 Method for evaluating blush in myocardial tissue Peter Dvorsky, David Mark Henri Goyette, T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. 2015-02-24 $5,835,000
8921977 Capacitor array and method of fabricating the same Jen-Jui Huang, Che-Chi Lee, Shih-Shu Tsai, Shao-Ta Hsu, Chao-Wen Lay +2 more 2014-12-30
8858615 Preventing vascular stenosis of cardiovascular stent Yih-Sharng Chen, Nai-Kuan Chou, Hsi-Yu Yu, Sheng-yao Lin 2014-10-14
8634077 Methods and systems for optically characterizing a turbid material using a structured incident beam Xin Hu 2014-01-21