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Thomas E. Adams — 49 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 21 patents #410 of 7,810Top 6%
CICilag Gmbh International: 9 patents #175 of 874Top 25%
ATAT&T: 9 patents #2,006 of 18,772Top 15%
AGAgere Systems Guardian: 2 patents #139 of 810Top 20%
SOSonoscan: 1 patents #15 of 17Top 90%
MMMartin Marietta Materials: 1 patents #34 of 54Top 65%
CFCornell Research Foundation: 1 patents #802 of 1,638Top 50%
IMInscerco Mfg.: 1 patents #3 of 8Top 40%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: 1 patents #10,653 of 22,248Top 50%
Cincinnati, OH: #110 of 8,043 inventorsTop 2%
Ohio: #781 of 73,341 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #55,592 of 4,157,543Top 2%
49 Patents All Time
Thomas E. Adams has been granted 49 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in December 2025. Thomas E. Adams ranks #55,592 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.3%). Patent records list Thomas E. Adams in Cincinnati, OH, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2021.peak 81984: 1 patents19841986: 1 patents1992: 1 patents1994: 3 patents19941995: 2 patents1996: 1 patents1999: 3 patents19992001: 3 patents2002: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 4 patents2015: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 3 patents2021: 8 patents20212022: 2 patents2023: 2 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 49 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12508029 Method for calibrating movements of actuated members of powered surgical stapler Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2025-12-30
11801055 Method for controlling end effector closure for powered surgical stapler Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2023-10-31
11712246 Method for controlling cutting member actuation for powered surgical stapler Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2023-08-01
11497493 Surgical stapler with fixed jaw support pin Anil K. Nalagatla, Barry T. Jamison 2022-11-15
11464516 Method for calibrating movements of actuated members of powered surgical stapler Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2022-10-11
11185331 Method for controlling end effector closure for powered surgical stapler Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-11-30
11185324 Anvil retention and release features for powered circular surgical stapler Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-11-30
11147559 Staple height indicator for powered surgical stapler Austin E. Wise, Nicholas J. Ross, Shane R. Adams, Douglas B. Hoffman 2021-10-19
11123074 Method for controlling cutting member actuation for powered surgical stapler Shane R. Adams, Nicholas J. Ross, Frederick E. Shelton, IV 2021-09-21
11123075 Circular surgical stapler Austin E. Wise, Scott A. Jenkins, Daniel Pucke, Douglas B. Hoffman, John S. Kimsey +2 more 2021-09-21
11073430 High-voltage device featuring temperature measurement, and method for measuring the temperature of a high-voltage device Tim Schnitzler, JOACHIM TITZE 2021-07-27
10973521 Surgical stapler with variable height drivers for uniform staple formation Anil K. Nalagatla, Disha V. Labhasetwar, Barry T. Jamison, Mary R. Towers 2021-04-13 $63,321,000
10966719 Method of applying staples in lower anterior bowel resection Hector Chow, Steven Dickinson, Douglas B. Hoffman, Barry T. Jamison, John S. Kimsey +4 more 2021-04-06 $118,870,000
10610219 Surgical stapler with curved outer surface on anvil Anil K. Nalagatla, Barry T. Jamison 2020-04-07 $165,837,000
10575848 Surgical stapler with fixed jaw support pin Anil K. Nalagatla, Barry T. Jamison 2020-03-03 $89,998,000
10561474 Surgical stapler with end of stroke indicator Barry T. Jamison, Steven Dickinson, Anil K. Nalagatla 2020-02-18 $144,579,000
10413297 Surgical stapling system configured to apply annular rows of staples having different heights Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Anil K. Nalagatla, Christopher C. Miller 2019-09-17 $116,040,000
10285693 Surgical stapler with locking translatable pin John S. Kimsey, Anil K. Nalagatla, Hector Chow, Sudhir B. Patel, Douglas B. Hoffman 2019-05-14 $64,781,000
10258334 Surgical stapler with variable height drivers for uniform staple formation Anil K. Nalagatla, Disha V. Labhasetwar, Barry T. Jamison, Mary R. Towers 2019-04-16 $77,495,000
10045780 Method of applying staples in lower anterior bowel resection Hector Chow, Steven Dickinson, Douglas B. Hoffman, Barry T. Jamison, John S. Kimsey +4 more 2018-08-14 $104,041,000
9023072 Mechanism for assembly of ultrasonic instrument Joseph E. Young, David A. Witt, Reginald D. Fortson, John A. Weed, III, William D. Dannaher 2015-05-05 $77,894,000
D726315 Surgical stapler cartridge Anil K. Nalagatla, Barry T. Jamison, John V. Hunt, Bo Yan 2015-04-07
D707819 Surgical stapler cartridge Anil K. Nalagatla, Barry T. Jamison, John V. Hunt 2014-06-24
8746532 Anvil and cartridge alignment configuration for a circular stapler Anil K. Nalagatla 2014-06-10 $38,524,000
8727964 Tissue interface for implantable restriction system Daniel F. Dlugos, Jr., Randal T. Byrum, Sean P. Conlon, Rocco Crivelli, Dean L. Garner +21 more 2014-05-20 $77,348,000