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Royce Frederick — 7 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 7 patents #1,421 of 7,810Top 20%
South Bound Brook, NJ: #1 of 28 inventorsTop 4%
New Jersey: #12,481 of 69,400 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Royce Frederick has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in January 2005. Royce Frederick ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Royce Frederick in South Bound Brook, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2005Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1993.peak 11993: 1 patents19931994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents19971998: 1 patents19982005: 1 patents2005

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6841083 Device and process for improved scouring efficiency Howard Scalzo, Margaret D'Aversa 2005-01-11 $97,105,000
5769862 Tube knot applicator Gene W. Kammerer, Bruno Bufalini, Chao-Chen Chen 1998-06-23 $56,476,000
5681324 Surgical tissue retrieval instrument Gene W. Kammerer, Barbara Howard, Edd Walker 1997-10-28 $24,814,000
5480404 Surgical tissue retrieval instrument Gene W. Kammerer, Barbara Howard, Edd Walker 1996-01-02 $44,057,000
5454820 Method of tying knots using a tube knot applicator Gene W. Kammerer, Bruno Bufalini, Chao-Chen Chen 1995-10-03 $111,110,000
5282809 Endoscopic suturing device Gene W. Kammerer 1994-02-01 $59,696,000
5234445 Endoscopic suturing device Edward Walker, Crawford R. Britt 1993-08-10 $40,443,000