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Ronald J. Brinkerhoff — 19 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 16 patents #614 of 7,810Top 8%
SESenmed: 1 patents #9 of 22Top 45%
Moscow, OH: #1 of 7 inventorsTop 15%
Ohio: #3,621 of 73,341 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Ronald J. Brinkerhoff has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in April 2003. Ronald J. Brinkerhoff ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Ronald J. Brinkerhoff in Moscow, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2003Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1994.peak 51986: 1 patents19861988: 1 patents1992: 1 patents19921993: 3 patents1994: 5 patents19941995: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents2003

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6547798 Ring applicator and method for applying elastic rings to anatomical tissue structures InBae Yoon, Kendall L. Dobler, Hal H. Katz, Ronald J. Kolata, William J. Kraimer +3 more 2003-04-15
6395012 Apparatus and method for delivering and deploying an expandable body member in a uterine cavity InBae Yoon, Hal H. Katz, William J. Kraimer, Leo J. Nolan 2002-05-28
6193653 Methods and devices for visualizing, dissecting and harvesting vessels and the like David Evans, Hal H. Katz, William J. Kraimer 2001-02-27 $173,843,000
6036703 Method and apparatus for establishing anastomotic passageways David Evans, Hal H. Katz, William J. Kraimer 2000-03-14 $139,841,000
5897563 Method for using a needle holder to assist in suturing InBae Yoon, David Stefanchik, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Bryan D. Knodel, Rudolph H. Nobis 1999-04-27 $123,133,000
5700261 Bipolar Scissors 1997-12-23 $88,280,000
5571285 Surgical staple for insertion into tissue Hector Chow, Earl J. Mills, Federico Bilotti, Martin Madden, Richard L. Grant 1996-11-05 $41,674,000
5404870 Method of using a transanal inserter Todd J. Olson 1995-04-11 $26,422,000
5366478 Endoscopic surgical sealing device Ramesh S. Candadai, John A. Cartmill, Jack Stubbs 1994-11-22 $83,004,000
5354312 Endoscopic anvil grasping instrument Edward J. Biehle, IV, Richard W. Flaker, Julia C. Putnam 1994-10-11 $161,231,000
5342382 Surgical trocar Earl J. Mills, Harry C. Parkhurst, Martin Madden 1994-08-30 $22,826,000
5285945 Surgical anastomosis stapling instrument Rudolph H. Nobis, William D. Fox, Mark S. Zeiner, E. David Allen, Richard C. Smith +2 more 1994-02-15 $170,418,000
5275322 Surgical anastomosis stapling instrument Rudolph H. Nobis, Helmut Wolf, Federico Bilotti, William D. Fox, Mark S. Zeiner +9 more 1994-01-04 $61,137,000
5261891 Trocar Earl J. Mills, Harry C. Parkhurst, Bela Vincze 1993-11-16 $66,196,000
5222963 Pull-through circular anastomosic intraluminal stapler with absorbable fastener means Mark S. Zeiner, Michael B. Miller, James A. Transue 1993-06-29 $57,443,000
5205459 Surgical anastomosis stapling instrument Rudolph H. Nobis, Helmut Wolf, Federico Bilotti, William D. Fox, Mark S. Zeiner +1 more 1993-04-27 $61,312,000
5104382 Trocar Earl J. Mills, Harry C. Parkhurst, Bela Vincze 1992-04-14 $27,077,000
4747531 Anvil and driver assembly for a surgical skin stapling instrument Michael A. Murray 1988-05-31 $73,187,000
4612933 Multiple-load cartridge assembly for a linear surgical stapling instrument Rudolph H. Nobis 1986-09-23