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Michael Ward — 53 Patents

TFThermo Fisher: 42 patents #18 of 2,015Top 1%
TSTriad National Security: 2 patents #122 of 533Top 25%
Caltech: 1 patents #2,143 of 4,321Top 50%
Eugene, OR: #15 of 1,137 inventorsTop 2%
Oregon: #632 of 28,073 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #48,528 of 4,157,543Top 2%
53 Patents All Time
Michael Ward has been granted 53 US patents while listed as an inventor at Thermo Fisher. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in August 2025. Michael Ward ranks #48,528 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Michael Ward in Eugene, OR, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2014.peak 61998: 1 patents19982010: 1 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 5 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 6 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 5 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 5 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 6 patents20212022: 2 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 6 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 53 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12379291 Systems and methods for imaging and ablating a sample Alexander A. Makarov, Rainer Daum 2025-08-05
12366515 System and method for acoustic focusing hardware and implementations Gregory Kaduchak 2025-07-22
12352682 Apparatuses, systems and methods for imaging flow cytometry Gregory Kaduchak 2025-07-08
12313522 Systems and methods for improved imaging and fluorescence in flow cytometry and other applications Gregory Kaduchak, Dmitriy Strelkov 2025-05-27
12272538 Systems and methods for imaging and ablating a sample Alexander A. Makarov, Rainer Daum 2025-04-08
12188856 Particle analyzing systems and methods using acoustic radiation pressure Gregory Kaduchak 2025-01-07
11940371 Apparatuses, systems and methods for imaging flow cytometry Gregory Kaduchak 2024-03-26
11788949 Systems and methods for improved imaging and fluorescence in flow cytometry and other applications Gregory Kaduchak, Dmitriy Strelkov 2023-10-17
11566995 Apparatuses, systems and methods for imaging flow cytometry Gregory Kaduchak 2023-01-31
11287362 Particle analysis in an acoustic cytometer Gregory Kaduchak 2022-03-29
11287363 Particle analysis in an acoustic cytometer Gregory Kaduchak 2022-03-29
11156543 System and method for providing stable fluid flow Jason Malkin 2021-10-26
11020745 Methods, systems and devices for concentration of particles Jason Malkin, Ken Lefton, Saul Selberg 2021-06-01
10976234 System and method for acoustic focusing hardware and implementations Gregory Kaduchak 2021-04-13
10969326 Apparatuses, systems and methods for imaging flow cytometry Gregory Kaduchak 2021-04-06
10969325 Particle analyzing systems and methods using acoustic radiation pressure Gregory Kaduchak 2021-04-06
10890596 Sampling probes, systems, apparatuses, and methods Glen Davis, John Jackson, Gregory Kaduchak, Wesley Smith 2021-01-12
10545085 Apparatuses, systems and methods for imaging flow cytometry Gregory Kaduchak 2020-01-28
10520418 Systems and methods for diagnosing a fluidics system and determining data processing settings for a flow cytometer Gregory Kaduchak, Jace Akerlund, Jason Malkin 2019-12-31
10473578 Systems, methods, and apparatuses for optical systems in flow cytometers Gregory Kaduchak, Wesley Smith 2019-11-12
10466155 System and method for providing stable fluid flow Jason Malkin 2019-11-05
10386290 Apparatuses, systems and methods for imaging flow cytometry Gregory Kaduchak 2019-08-20
10254212 Particle analyzing systems and methods using acoustic radiation pressure Gregory Kaduchak 2019-04-09
10082518 Sampling probes, systems, apparatuses, and methods Glen Davis, John Jackson, Gregory Kaduchak, Wesley Smith 2018-09-25
10018553 Systems, methods, and apparatuses for optical systems in flow cytometers Gregory Kaduchak, Wesley Smith 2018-07-10