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Darwin L. Schultz — 12 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 9 patents #1,101 of 7,810Top 15%
CICilag Gmbh International: 3 patents #354 of 874Top 45%
Covington, KY: #16 of 117 inventorsTop 15%
Kentucky: #881 of 11,577 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Darwin L. Schultz has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in July 2025. Darwin L. Schultz ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Darwin L. Schultz in Covington, KY, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12369908 Stapling assembly comprising a supported firing bar Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Morgan R. Hunter 2025-07-29
11786237 Stapling assembly comprising a supported firing bar Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Morgan R. Hunter 2023-10-17
11497489 Articulatable surgical instruments with proximal and distal shaft supports Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Morgan R. Hunter 2022-11-15
10959727 Articulatable surgical end effector with asymmetric shaft arrangement Morgan R. Hunter, Austin E. Wise, James A. Vandewalle, Lauren S. Weaner, Taylor W. Aronhalt +3 more 2021-03-30 $81,035,000
10603036 Articulatable surgical instrument with independent pivotable linkage distal of an articulation lock Morgan R. Hunter, Austin E. Wise, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2020-03-31 $129,196,000
10517595 Jaw actuated lock arrangements for preventing advancement of a firing member in a surgical end effector unless an unfired cartridge is installed in the end effector Morgan R. Hunter, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Austin E. Wise, James A. Vandewalle, Jeffrey S. Swayze +4 more 2019-12-31 $76,759,000
10433837 Surgical instruments with multiple link articulation arrangements Sarah A. Worthington, Morgan R. Hunter, Adam D. Hensel, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Lauren S. Weaner +1 more 2019-10-08 $65,635,000
10368861 Dual articulation drive system arrangements for articulatable surgical instruments Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Morgan R. Hunter 2019-08-06 $78,164,000
10245029 Surgical instrument with articulating and axially translatable end effector Morgan R. Hunter, Sarah A. Worthington, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Lauren S. Weaner, Michael J. Vendely 2019-04-02 $78,786,000
10245030 Surgical instruments with tensioning arrangements for cable driven articulation systems Morgan R. Hunter, Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze 2019-04-02 $78,786,000
10201364 Surgical instrument comprising a rotatable shaft Richard L. Leimbach, Andrew T. Beckman, Shane R. Adams 2019-02-12 $117,769,000
9788836 Multiple motor control for powered medical device Mark D. Overmyer, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Andrew T. Beckman, Daniel L. Baber, David C. Yates +1 more 2017-10-17 $73,207,000

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