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Michael J. Stokes — 188 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 130 patents #20 of 7,810Top 1%
CICilag Gmbh International: 48 patents #30 of 874Top 4%
LDLittleford Day: 3 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
Oracle: 1 patents #8,339 of 14,854Top 60%
HIHartford Fire Insurance: 1 patents #484 of 670Top 75%
CICllag Gmbh International: 1 patents #13 of 36Top 40%
ELE2V Technologies (Uk) Limited: 1 patents #25 of 65Top 40%
Cincinnati, OH: #7 of 8,043 inventorsTop 1%
Ohio: #53 of 73,341 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #3,879 of 4,157,543Top 1%
188 Patents All Time
Michael J. Stokes has been granted 188 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in December 2025. Michael J. Stokes ranks #3,879 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.09%). Patent records list Michael J. Stokes in Cincinnati, OH, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 188 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12484902 Clip retention for surgical clip applier Gregory G. Scott, Michael A. Murray, Ryan J. Laurent, Disha V. Labhasetwar 2025-12-02
12458354 Staple cartridge comprising a seating cam Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Chester O. Baxter, III 2025-11-04
12295579 Features to align and close linear surgical stapler Jason D. Jones, Chester O. Baxter, III, Andrew T. Beckman, Anil K. Nalagatla, Robert L. Koch, Jr. 2025-05-13
12285168 Surgical instrument with firing stroke target speed adjustment Richard L. Leimbach 2025-04-29
12239317 Anvil comprising an arrangement of forming pockets proximal to tissue stop Disha V. Estera, Anil K. Nalagatla, Adam D. Hensel, Jason L. Harris, Laura S. Downing +1 more 2025-03-04
12226099 Surgical stapler with pulse width modulated driven adjustable speed staple firing stroke Zhifan F. Huang, Pierre R. Mesnil, Richard L. Leimbach, Shane R. Adams 2025-02-18
12161320 Powered surgical stapler Shailendra K. Parihar, Chester O. Baxter, III, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2024-12-10
12137901 Surgical staples having compressible or crushable members for securing tissue therein and stapling instruments for deploying the same Christopher J. Hess, Jerome R. Morgan, William B. Weisenburgh, II, James W. Voegele, Mark S. Ortiz +3 more 2024-11-12
12076194 Surgical instrument comprising an articulation indicator Richard L. Leimbach 2024-09-03
12064117 Dual stage closure system for circular surgical stapler Gregory J. Bakos, Michael A. Jacobs, Disha V. Labhasetwar, Gregory G. Scott, Anthony Nguyen 2024-08-20
12053175 Surgical instrument comprising a stowed closure actuator stop Richard L. Leimbach 2024-08-06
12039607 Customized risk relationship user interface workflow Julia M. Feldman, Sara M. Huber, Gopinath Kolanji, Peter F Mello, Kristen Kelly M'Sadoques +6 more 2024-07-16 $148,840,000
11986190 Surgical clip applier Disha V. Labhasetwar, Gregory G. Scott, Chester O. Baxter, III, Michael A. Murray, Kevin A. Larson +1 more 2024-05-21
11980363 Row-to-row staple array variations Anil K. Nalagatla, Mark S. Zeiner, Chester O. Baxter, III, Disha V. Estera, Jason L. Harris +2 more 2024-05-14
11957337 Surgical stapling assembly with offset ramped drive surfaces Mark S. Zeiner, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jason L. Harris, Anil K. Nalagatla 2024-04-16
11937820 Jaw for clip applier Chester O. Baxter, III, Carol J. Wynn 2024-03-26
11918221 Clip retention for surgical clip applier Gregory G. Scott, Michael A. Murray, Ryan J. Laurent, Disha V. Labhasetwar 2024-03-05
11911045 Method for operating a powered articulating multi-clip applier Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Gregory G. Scott, Nicholas M. Morgan, Disha V. Estera, Jason L. Harris +2 more 2024-02-27
11911039 Circular surgical stapler having staples with expandable crowns Chad P. Boudreaux, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Nicholas M. Morgan, Marissa T. Kamenir, John Kevin Bruce +2 more 2024-02-27
11911032 Staple cartridge comprising a seating cam Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Chester O. Baxter, III 2024-02-27
11903581 Methods for stapling tissue using a surgical instrument Richard L. Leimbach 2024-02-20
11877745 Surgical stapling assembly having longitudinally-repeating staple leg clusters Anil K. Nalagatla, Mark S. Zeiner, Chester O. Baxter, III, Disha V. Estera, Jason L. Harris +2 more 2024-01-23
11877734 Ultrasonic surgical instruments Eitan T. Wiener, Foster B. Stulen, Karen K. Isaacs, William J. Kraimer 2024-01-23
11871935 Surgical clip applier with articulating joint path for surgical clips Gregory G. Scott, Louise Emma van den Heuvel, Kevin DelSignore, Cole Constantineau 2024-01-16
11801098 Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jason L. Harris, John E. Brady, Matthew T. Kuhn +4 more 2023-10-31