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Frederick E. Shelton, IV — 2,720 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 1400 patents #1 of 7,810Top 1%
CICilag Gmbh International: 1245 patents #1 of 874Top 1%
MPMegadyne Medical Products: 9 patents #8 of 36Top 25%
CICllag Gmbh International: 5 patents #1 of 36Top 3%
DPDevicor Medical Products: 1 patents #120 of 164Top 75%
Cincinnati, OH: #1 of 8,043 inventorsTop 1%
Ohio: #1 of 73,341 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #7 of 4,157,543Top 1%
2720 Patents All Time
Frederick E. Shelton, IV has been granted 2,720 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in December 2025. Frederick E. Shelton, IV ranks #7 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.00%). Patent records list Frederick E. Shelton, IV in Cincinnati, OH, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 2,720 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12508025 Mechanisms for compensating for drivetrain failure in powered surgical instruments Mark D. Overmyer, David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris 2025-12-30
12508029 Method for calibrating movements of actuated members of powered surgical stapler Shane R. Adams, Thomas E. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross 2025-12-30
12502166 Coordinated instrument control systems Jason L. Harris 2025-12-23
12505584 System and method for tracking a portion of the user as a proxy for non-monitored instrument Austin E. Wise, Christopher Q. Seow, Melissa Schweizer, Sarah A. Worthington, Shane R. Adams +8 more 2025-12-23
12496067 Implantable adjunct with density gradients Michael J. Vendely, Emily A. Schellin, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Trevor J. Barton, Lauren S. Weaner +1 more 2025-12-16
12499266 Patient data removal Matthew D. Cowperthwait, Christopher J. Waid, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Jason L. Harris 2025-12-16
12500948 Method of hub communication, processing, display, and cloud analytics David C. Yates, Eitan T. Wiener, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Jason L. Harris +1 more 2025-12-16
12493996 Indication of the couple pair of remote controls with remote devices functions Nicholas J. Ross, Matthew D. Cowperthwait, Grace E. Brooks, Shane R. Adams, Joseph Morgan +8 more 2025-12-09
12493765 Situationally adaptive labeling for smart packaging systems Jacqueline C. Aronhalt 2025-12-09
12490980 Surgical instrument having controllable articulation velocity David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris 2025-12-09
12490999 Surgical system and methods of assembly and disassembly of surgical instrument Jacqueline C. Aronhalt, Shane R. Adams, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Cameron D. McLain 2025-12-09
12484899 Distal to articulation medical stapler end effector Adam D. Hensel 2025-12-02
12488512 Utilizing contextual parameters of one or more surgical devices to predict a frequency interval for displaying surgical information Jason L. Harris, Jacqueline C. Aronhalt, Matthew Thiel, Ryan W. McGhee, Tylor C. Muhlenkamp +7 more 2025-12-02
12484889 Surgical anchoring systems for endoluminal access Jason L. Harris 2025-12-02
12484897 Surgical instrument with adaptive configuration control Jason L. Harris 2025-12-02
12478423 Articulation joint features for articulating surgical device Barry C. Worrell, David K. Norvell, Charles J. Scheib, Geoffrey S. Strobl, Jeffrey S. Swayze +3 more 2025-11-25
12478418 Reclamation packaging for surgical instrument and related methods Jacqueline C. Aronhalt, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Cameron D. McLain, Nicholas J. Ross 2025-11-25
12482555 Surgical data system and classification Shane R. Adams, Bernhard A. Fuerst 2025-11-25
12478363 Surgical systems with intraluminal and extraluminal cooperative instruments Alexander Tarek Hassan, Travis Michael Schuh, Charles J. Scheib 2025-11-25
12472032 Monitoring of user visual gaze to control which display system displays the primary information Jason L. Harris 2025-11-18
12475978 Adaptable operation range for a surgical device Kevin M. Fiebig, Shane R. Adams, Aaron Chow, Jason L. Harris 2025-11-18
12472002 Surgical devices, systems, and methods using fiducial identification and tracking Charles J. Scheib, Andrew C. Deck 2025-11-18
12471982 Method for tissue treatment by surgical instrument Kevin M. Fiebig, Sarah A. Worthington, Nina Mastroianni, John E. Brady, Deborah Jane Harris +2 more 2025-11-18
12471915 Surgical stapling systems with adaptive staple firing algorithms Taylor W. Aronhalt, Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Kevin M. Fiebig 2025-11-18
12465359 Control surfaces on a staple driver of a surgical staple cartridge Kevin M. Fiebig, Nicholas Fanelli, Jeffery D. Bruns, Adam D. Hensel, Seth D. Holdmeyer 2025-11-11