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Michael J. Vendely — 313 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 158 patents #12 of 7,810Top 1%
CICilag Gmbh International: 141 patents #8 of 874Top 1%
Delphi Technologies: 4 patents #801 of 4,124Top 20%
General Motors: 3 patents #4,723 of 18,328Top 30%
CACarbon: 2 patents #68 of 114Top 60%
Lebanon, OH: #2 of 545 inventorsTop 1%
Ohio: #14 of 73,341 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #1,176 of 4,157,543Top 1%
313 Patents All Time
Michael J. Vendely has been granted 313 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in December 2025. Michael J. Vendely ranks #1,176 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.03%). Patent records list Michael J. Vendely in Lebanon, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 50 patents in 2019.peak 501993: 1 patents19932000: 2 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052013: 1 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 6 patents2016: 3 patents20162017: 13 patents2018: 17 patents20182019: 50 patents2020: 43 patents20202021: 42 patents2022: 33 patents20222023: 40 patents2024: 35 patents20242025: 20 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 313 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12496067 Implantable adjunct with density gradients Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Emily A. Schellin, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Trevor J. Barton, Lauren S. Weaner +1 more 2025-12-16
12458348 Deflectable firing member for surgical stapler Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin M. Fiebig, Gregory J. Bakos, Adam D. Hensel 2025-11-04
12458345 Method for implementing a staple system Jay Daryl Rector, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Ryan W. McGhee, Benjamin A. Roll +3 more 2025-11-04
12447321 Medicant eluting adjuncts and methods of using medicant eluting adjuncts Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Tamara Widenhouse 2025-10-21
12408914 Systems and methods for customizing mechanical strength in stimuli-responsive bioabsorbable materials Peyton Hopson, Brody Frost, Madelaine Franzoni 2025-09-09
12376851 Surgical instrument comprising flex circuit Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jason L. Harris, David C. Yates 2025-08-05
12376853 Staple cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Lauren S. Weaner, Jerome R. Morgan, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Chester O. Baxter, III +1 more 2025-08-05
12369915 Compressible adjunct with crossing spacer fibers Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Charles J. Scheib, Howell T. Goldrein, Robert S. Moir +4 more 2025-07-29
12369913 Surgical stapler buttress with variable length feature Heather Strang, Jordan B. Wong, Christopher J. Hess 2025-07-29
12349899 Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler end effector Trevor J. Barton, Jason L. Harris, Charles J. Scheib, Emily A. Schellin, Prudence A. Vulhop +11 more 2025-07-08
12310586 Method for adaptive control schemes for surgical network control and interaction Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Gregory J. Bakos, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Mark S. Zeiner +2 more 2025-05-27
12295578 Adjuncts for use with surgical stapling instruments Heather Strang, Jordan B. Wong, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Jason L. Harris 2025-05-13
12295577 Tissue cushion adjuncts for surgical stapler end effector Christopher Q. Seow, Gregory J. Bakos, Jason L. Harris, Mark S. Zeiner, Andréas N. Ward +1 more 2025-05-13
12274444 Method of applying buttresses to surgically cut and stapled sites Trevor J. Barton, Pamela M. Ridgley, Rebecca Spatholt, Christopher J. Hess, Heather Strang +6 more 2025-04-15
12256927 Implantable adjunct to assure full cutting Mark S. Zeiner, Omar Z. McGiveron, Sarah Alexandra Scully, John Schulte, Madelaine Franzoni +1 more 2025-03-25
12251106 Compulsory compression retainers for staple cartridges with implantable adjuncts Mark S. Zeiner, Sarah Alexandra Scully, Heather Strang, Christopher Q. Seow, Madelaine Franzoni 2025-03-18
12232726 Surgical instrument with multiple program responses during a firing motion Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Charles J. Scheib 2025-02-25
12226166 Surgical instrument with a sensing array Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Gregory J. Bakos 2025-02-18
12220127 Compressible knitted adjuncts with varying interconnections Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2025-02-11
12220117 Apparatus and method to determine end of life of battery powered surgical instrument Frederick E. Shelton, IV, David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris 2025-02-11
12171426 Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler end effector Trevor J. Barton, Jason L. Harris, Charles J. Scheib, Emily A. Schellin, Prudence A. Turner +11 more 2024-12-24
12161324 Surgical stapler with independently actuated drivers to provide varying staple heights Michael D. Auld, Brett E. Swensgard, Sol Posada, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2024-12-10
12137912 Compressible adjunct with attachment regions Emily A. Schellin, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Trevor J. Barton, Lauren S. Weaner, Jason L. Harris +1 more 2024-11-12
12121673 Rigid and flexible laparoscopic multiple component material dispensing devices and methods James T. Spivey, Michael J. Trezza, II, John Goodman, Michael E. Setser 2024-10-22 $462,849,000
12114882 Surgical stapler features for stapling variable thickness tissue Christopher Q. Seow, Mark S. Zeiner, Jason M. Rector, Shannon L. Jones, Andréas N. Ward +1 more 2024-10-15