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John S. Ward — 36 Patents

Eli Lilly: 26 patents #77 of 2,858Top 3%
MTMiikana Therapeutics: 4 patents #2 of 8Top 25%
NANovo Nordisk A/S: 4 patents #360 of 1,775Top 25%
Indianapolis, IN: #90 of 5,011 inventorsTop 2%
Indiana: #570 of 33,936 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #92,222 of 4,157,543Top 3%
36 Patents All Time
John S. Ward has been granted 36 US patents while listed as an inventor at Eli Lilly. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in February 2012. John S. Ward ranks #92,222 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.2%). Patent records list John S. Ward in Indianapolis, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 1997.peak 71981: 1 patents19811985: 3 patents1989: 1 patents19891993: 1 patents1997: 7 patents19971998: 3 patents1999: 3 patents19992000: 5 patents2001: 4 patents20012002: 2 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents2012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 36 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8114870 Method of treating disease states using substituted pyrazole compounds Xiao-Yi Xiao, Dinish V. Patel, Mark R. Bray, Gregory Agoston, Anthony Treston 2012-02-14
7772245 Inhibitors of histone deacetylase Sampath-Kumar Anandan, Xiao-Yi Xiao, Dinesh V. Patel 2010-08-10
7683097 Topoisomerase inhibitors Martin A. Murphy, John Schullek, Gary C. Look, Brian Siesel 2010-03-23
7563787 Substituted pyrazole compounds Xiao-Yi Xiao, Dinish V. Patel, Mark R. Bray, Gregory Agoston, Anthony Treston 2009-07-21
7345043 Inhibitors of histone deacetylase Sampath-Kumar Anandan, Xiao-Yi Xiao, Dinesh V. Patel 2008-03-18
7230011 Benzenesulfonic acid indol-5-yl esters as antagonists of the 5ht6 receptor Sandra Ann Filla, Michael E. Flaugh, James Gillig, Lawrence Joseph Heinz, Joseph H. Krushinski, Jr. +3 more 2007-06-12 $57,356,000
6429317 Indane derivatives for antipsychotic compositions Sean Patrick Hollinshead, Michael A. Staszak, Joseph Wilson, Bret E. Huff, Philip F. Hughes +2 more 2002-08-06 $376,782,000
6395735 Pharmaceutical compounds Sean Patrick Hollinshead, Philip F. Hughes, Jose S. Mendoza, Joseph Wilson, Bret E. Huff +2 more 2002-05-28 $59,864,000
6211364 Process for preparing indane-like compounds Bret E. Huff, Michael A. Staszak 2001-04-03 $383,612,000
6194416 Heterocyclic compounds and their use Leander Merritt, Jon K. Reel, Celia A. Whitesitt 2001-02-27 $411,092,000
6187798 Heterocyclic compounds Leander Merritt, Lone Jeppesen 2001-02-13 $579,348,000
6187776 Heterocyclic compounds and their use Leander Merritt 2001-02-13 $579,348,000
6147115 Antitumor compositions and methods of treatment Thomas Alan Crowell, J. Jeffry Howbert 2000-11-14 $420,670,000
6071900 Heterocyclic compounds and their use Leander Merritt 2000-06-06 $207,732,000
6069159 Heterocyclic compounds Leander Merritt, Lone Jeppesen 2000-05-30 $181,428,000
6040442 Process for preparing 1,2,5-thiadiazole containing ethers Leander Merritt 2000-03-21 $602,267,000
6030966 Heterocyclic compound and their use Leander Merritt 2000-02-29 $128,658,000
5998404 Heterocyclic compounds and their use Leander Merritt 1999-12-07 $63,132,000
5968926 Antipsychotic method Franklin Bymaster, Harlan E. Shannon, Per Sauerberg, Preben H. Olesen, Charles H. Mitch 1999-10-19 $442,000
5929247 Heterocyclic compounds and their preparation and use Charles A. Alt, Leander Merritt, Gary A. Rhodes, Roger L. Robey, Eldon E. Van Meter +1 more 1999-07-27 $98,154,000
5821370 Heterocyclic compounds and their preparation and use Charles A. Alt, Leander Merritt, Gary A. Rhodes, Roger L. Robey, Eldon E. Van Meter 1998-10-13 $44,150,000
5821371 Heterocyclic compounds and their preparation and use Charles A. Alt, Leander Merritt, Gary A. Rhodes, Roger L. Robey, Eldon E. Van Meter +1 more 1998-10-13 $44,150,000
5767280 Process for making heterocyclic compounds Roger L. Robey 1998-06-16 $252,547,000
5679686 Antipsychotic method Franklin Bymaster, Harlan E. Shannon, Per Sauerberg, Preben H. Olesen, Charles H. Mitch 1997-10-21 $1,662,000
5677313 Antipsychotic method Franklin Bymaster, Harlan E. Shannon, Per Sauerberg, Preben H. Olesen, Charles H. Mitch 1997-10-14 $3,457,000