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Patrick A. Weizman — 48 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 41 patents #144 of 7,810Top 2%
CICilag Gmbh International: 6 patents #246 of 874Top 30%
DPDevicor Medical Products: 1 patents #120 of 164Top 75%
Kyles, OH: #10 of 94 inventorsTop 15%
Ohio: #807 of 73,341 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #57,596 of 4,157,543Top 2%
48 Patents All Time
Patrick A. Weizman has been granted 48 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in September 2025. Patrick A. Weizman ranks #57,596 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.4%). Patent records list Patrick A. Weizman in Kyles, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2015.peak 62007: 1 patents20072010: 2 patents2011: 4 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 5 patents2015: 6 patents20152016: 3 patents2017: 4 patents20172018: 6 patents2019: 4 patents20192020: 3 patents2022: 2 patents20222024: 2 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 48 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12426913 Surgical instruments with articulating shafts Foster B. Stulen, Zhifan F. Huang, Steven P. Smolik, Carl J. Draginoff, Jr. 2025-09-30
12295608 Rotation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Craig N. Faller, Elizabeth DeBenedictis, William D. Kelly, Michael R. Lamping, Timothy G. Dietz +9 more 2025-05-13
12171434 End effector coupling arrangements for a surgical cutting and stapling instrument William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Kyle P. Moore, Mark H. Ransick, Steven G. Hall +22 more 2024-12-24
11871955 Surgical instruments with articulating shafts Foster B. Stulen, Zhifan F. Huang, Steven P. Smolik, Carl J. Draginoff, Jr. 2024-01-16
11389190 Rotation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Craig N. Faller, Elizabeth DeBenedictis, William D. Kelly, Michael R. Lamping, Timothy G. Dietz +9 more 2022-07-19
11324527 Ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Craig N. Faller, Kevin D. Felder, Jacob S. Gee, William D. Kelly +13 more 2022-05-10
10835250 End effector coupling arrangements for a surgical cutting and stapling instrument William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Kyle P. Moore, Mark H. Ransick, Steven G. Hall +22 more 2020-11-17 $95,463,000
10716568 Surgical stapling apparatus with control features operable with one hand Steven G. Hall, Randall J. Tanguay, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Galen C. Robertson, Andrew M. Zwolinski +22 more 2020-07-21 $165,174,000
10524854 Surgical instrument Scott A. Woodruff, Gwendolyn P. Payne, Donna L. Korvick, David K. Norvell, Aron O. Zingman 2020-01-07 $77,223,000
10470792 Rotation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Craig N. Faller, Elizabeth DeBenedictis, William D. Kelly, Michael R. Lamping, Timothy G. Dietz +9 more 2019-11-12 $75,626,000
10459740 System and method to establish current setpoint for ultrasonic transducer William D. Dannaher, Eitan T. Wiener 2019-10-29 $113,066,000
10335182 Surgical instruments with articulating shafts Foster B. Stulen, Zhifan F. Huang, Steven P. Smolik, Carl J. Draginoff, Jr. 2019-07-02 $95,731,000
10226246 Tissue stapler anvil feature to prevent premature jaw opening Kevin D. Felder, John F. Cummings, Joseph P. Schowalter, Patrick J. Swindon, Johnny H. Alexander, III +14 more 2019-03-12 $149,579,000
10058327 End effector coupling arrangements for a surgical cutting and stapling instrument William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Kyle P. Moore, Geoffrey C. Hueil, Mark S. Ortiz +4 more 2018-08-28 $180,250,000
9913647 Disposable loading unit for use with a surgical instrument William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Kyle P. Moore, Mark H. Ransick, Steven G. Hall +22 more 2018-03-13 $91,926,000
9901358 Ultrasonic surgical instrument with integral blade cleaning feature Craig N. Faller, JoAnn M. Stegeman, Cory G. Kimball, Tamara Widenhouse, Tylor C. Muhlenkamp +3 more 2018-02-27 $83,498,000
9877723 Surgical stapling assembly comprising a selector arrangement Steven G. Hall, Randall J. Tanguay, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Galen C. Robertson, Andrew M. Zwolinski +6 more 2018-01-30 $89,130,000
9872684 Surgical stapling apparatus including firing force regulation Steven G. Hall, Randall J. Tanguay, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Galen C. Robertson, Andrew M. Zwolinski +6 more 2018-01-23 $83,260,000
9867618 Surgical stapling apparatus including firing force regulation Steven G. Hall, Randall J. Tanguay, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Galen C. Robertson, Andrew M. Zwolinski +6 more 2018-01-16 $188,345,000
9839429 Stapling system comprising a lockout William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Kyle P. Moore, Geoffrey C. Hueil, Mark S. Ortiz +4 more 2017-12-12 $94,130,000
9743946 Rotation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Craig N. Faller, Elizabeth DeBenedictis, William D. Kelly, Michael R. Lamping, Timothy G. Dietz +9 more 2017-08-29 $90,096,000
9724120 Clamp arm features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Craig N. Faller, Jacqueline A. Anim, John W. Willis, Thomas C. Gallmeyer, Samardh Onukuri +8 more 2017-08-08 $80,530,000
9549738 Ratcheting feature on tissue staple trigger to prevent premature jaw opening Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan, Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jerome R. Morgan, Cortney E. Henderson +13 more 2017-01-24 $145,642,000
9456864 Surgical instruments and end effectors therefor David A. Witt, Zhifan F. Huang, Timothy G. Dietz, Raymond M. Banks, Jeffrey L. Aldridge +3 more 2016-10-04 $136,325,000
9421062 Surgical instrument shaft with resiliently biased coupling to handpiece Kevin L. Houser, Geoffrey S. Strobl, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2016-08-23 $86,550,000