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Rick D. Applegate — 9 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 9 patents #1,101 of 7,810Top 15%
Florence, KY: #28 of 184 inventorsTop 20%
Kentucky: #1,241 of 11,577 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
Rick D. Applegate has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in February 2012. Rick D. Applegate ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list Rick D. Applegate in Florence, KY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2010.peak 41999: 1 patents19992008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 4 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8114119 Surgical grasping device James T. Spivey 2012-02-14 $63,164,000
7905830 Sheath for use with an endoscope David Stefanchik, Rudolph H. Nobis 2011-03-15 $50,268,000
7857754 Apparatus useful for positioning a device on an endoscope James T. Spivey, David Stefanchik, Omar J. Vakharia 2010-12-28 $62,280,000
7803137 Intubation system for use with an endoscope David Stefanchik, James T. Spivey, Jesse J. Kuhns, Omar J. Vakharia 2010-09-28 $50,355,000
7771396 Intubation device for enteral feeding David Stefanchik, James T. Spivey, Omar J. Vakharia, Jesse J. Kuhns 2010-08-10 $129,534,000
7648457 Method of positioning a device on an endoscope David Stefanchik, James T. Spivey, Omar J. Vakharia 2010-01-19 $197,796,000
7615003 Track for medical devices David Stefanchik 2009-11-10 $119,331,000
7465279 Marker device and method of deploying a cavity marker using a surgical biopsy device Andrew T. Beckman, Michael E. Boehm, William A. Garrison, Douglas N. Ladd 2008-12-16 $137,945,000
5951574 Multiple clip applier having a split feeding mechanism David Stefanchik, Todd P. Omatis, William A. Burbank, J. Renee Lupton 1999-09-14 $73,594,000