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Hector Chow — 12 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 8 patents #1,244 of 7,810Top 20%
SESenmed: 4 patents #2 of 22Top 10%
Cincinnati, OH: #793 of 8,043 inventorsTop 10%
Ohio: #6,508 of 73,341 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Hector Chow has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in April 2021. Hector Chow ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Hector Chow in Cincinnati, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1987.peak 21985: 1 patents19851986: 1 patents19861987: 2 patents19871996: 1 patents19961998: 2 patents19982012: 1 patents20122018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192021: 2 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10966719 Method of applying staples in lower anterior bowel resection Thomas E. Adams, Steven Dickinson, Douglas B. Hoffman, Barry T. Jamison, John S. Kimsey +4 more 2021-04-06 $118,870,000
10898197 Releasable coupling features for proximal portions of linear surgical stapler Chester O. Baxter, III, Jason D. Jones, Michael J. Stokes, Anil K. Nalagatla, Matthew S. Corbin +2 more 2021-01-26 $96,578,000
10285693 Surgical stapler with locking translatable pin John S. Kimsey, Anil K. Nalagatla, Sudhir B. Patel, Douglas B. Hoffman, Thomas E. Adams 2019-05-14 $64,781,000
10045780 Method of applying staples in lower anterior bowel resection Thomas E. Adams, Steven Dickinson, Douglas B. Hoffman, Barry T. Jamison, John S. Kimsey +4 more 2018-08-14 $104,041,000
8308040 Surgical stapling instrument with an articulatable end effector Zhifan F. Huang, Chad P. Boudreaux, Joseph C. Hueil, Dean B. Bruewer, Aron O. Zingman +3 more 2012-11-13 $78,042,000
5792113 Universal seal for a trocar Francis J. Kramer 1998-08-11 $70,942,000
5735874 Variable position handle locking mechanism John P. Measamer, Frederick J. Reber, II, Steven W. Hamblin, James H. Chambers 1998-04-07 $44,488,000
5571285 Surgical staple for insertion into tissue Earl J. Mills, Federico Bilotti, Ronald J. Brinkerhoff, Martin Madden, Richard L. Grant 1996-11-05 $41,674,000
4633861 Surgical stapling instrument with jaw clamping mechanism Hugh Melling, Denise S. Schieltz 1987-01-06
4633874 Surgical stapling instrument with jaw latching mechanism and disposable staple cartridge Hugh Melling, Denise S. Schieltz 1987-01-06
4610383 Disposable linear surgical stapler Robert G. Rothfuss, Federico Bilotti, J. Charles Hueil, Narinderjit S. Sambi 1986-09-09
4527724 Disposable linear surgical stapling instrument Hugh Melling 1985-07-09