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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Scott A. Nield — 22 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 17 patents #567 of 7,810Top 8%
CICilag Gmbh International: 2 patents #439 of 874Top 55%
IMIndigo Medical: 1 patents #17 of 27Top 65%
Hamilton, OH: #28 of 591 inventorsTop 5%
Ohio: #2,915 of 73,341 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Scott A. Nield has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in May 2022. Scott A. Nield ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Scott A. Nield in Hamilton, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2006.peak 32003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents2006: 3 patents20062012: 2 patents2013: 2 patents20132014: 3 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
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
11179582 Ultrasonic surgical instruments Aaron C. Voegele, Foster B. Stulen, Shan Wan 2021-11-23
11000707 Ultrasonic surgical instruments Aaron C. Voegele, Shan Wan 2021-05-11 $134,025,000
10709906 Coupling arrangements and methods for attaching tools to ultrasonic surgical instruments 2020-07-14 $125,249,000
10512795 Ultrasonic surgical instruments Aaron C. Voegele, Shan Wan 2019-12-24 $244,754,000
10231747 Transducer features for ultrasonic surgical instrument Foster B. Stulen, Michael R. Lamping, Timothy G. Dietz, John B. Schulte, Sora Rhee +4 more 2019-03-19 $138,784,000
9700339 Coupling arrangements and methods for attaching tools to ultrasonic surgical instruments 2017-07-11 $60,886,000
9498245 Ultrasonic surgical instruments Aaron C. Voegele, Foster B. Stulen, Shan Wan 2016-11-22 $74,709,000
8754570 Ultrasonic surgical instruments comprising transducer arrangements Aaron C. Voegele, Foster B. Stulen, Shan Wan 2014-06-17 $95,316,000
8734476 Coupling for slip ring assembly and ultrasonic transducer in surgical instrument Sora Rhee, Samantha L. Sheets, Daniel J. Mumaw, John A. Weed, III, Craig T. Davis 2014-05-27 $79,054,000
8650728 Method of assembling a transducer for a surgical instrument Shan Wan, Shawn D. Bialczak, Ashvani K. Madan 2014-02-18 $79,615,000
8546999 Housing arrangements for ultrasonic surgical instruments Kevin L. Houser, Foster B. Stulen, Shan Wan 2013-10-01 $75,502,000
8344596 Transducer arrangements for ultrasonic surgical instruments Shan Wan, Ashvani K. Madan 2013-01-01
8334635 Transducer arrangements for ultrasonic surgical instruments Aaron C. Voegele, Foster B. Stulen, Shan Wan 2012-12-18 $94,358,000
8319400 Ultrasonic surgical instruments Kevin L. Houser, Foster B. Stulen, Shan Wan 2012-11-27 $26,257,000
7144154 System and method of measuring and controlling temperature of optical fiber tip in a laser system David C. Yates, William Pollack, Robert M. Trusty 2006-12-05 $74,341,000
7113675 Optical fiber tip diffuser and method of making the same Jane A. Sheetz, Robert M. Trusty 2006-09-26 $81,702,000
7063695 Optical fiber for a laser device having an improved diffuser slug and method of making same Jane A. Sheetz 2006-06-20 $301,848,000
6796710 System and method of measuring and controlling temperature of optical fiber tip in a laser system David C. Yates, William Pollack, Robert M. Trusty 2004-09-28 $308,477,000
6775315 Apparatus and method of directing a laser beam to a thermally managed beam dump in a laser system Robert M. Trusty, William Conrad Stenton, A. James Gabura, Edward Benneyworth 2004-08-10
6562028 Method of treating intervertebral discs by inserting a diffuser directly into the annulus Ronald J. Kolata, Martin J. Reynolds, Paul G. Ritchie, Julianne M. Siegel 2003-05-13
6503269 Method of treating intervertebral discs using optical energy and optical temperature feedback Ronald J. Kolata, Martin A. Reynolds, Paul G. Ritchie, Julianne M. Siegel 2003-01-07