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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Thomas J. Gerhardt — 38 Patents

MAMasimo: 17 patents #36 of 217Top 20%
CLCovidien Lp: 7 patents #679 of 2,878Top 25%
FGFrancotyp-Postalia Gmbh: 5 patents #36 of 125Top 30%
S(Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty): 3 patents #7 of 29Top 25%
TLTyco Healthcare Group Lp: 1 patents #401 of 736Top 55%
GGGiesecke & Devrient Gmbh: 1 patents #260 of 507Top 55%
OHOhmeda: 1 patents #44 of 114Top 40%
S(Southern Implants (Pty): 1 patents #6 of 10Top 60%
Littleton, CO: #18 of 1,939 inventorsTop 1%
Colorado: #715 of 40,980 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Thomas J. Gerhardt has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at Masimo. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in September 2025. Thomas J. Gerhardt ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Thomas J. Gerhardt in Littleton, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2013.peak 41997: 2 patents19971998: 2 patents1999: 2 patents2000: 2 patents20002001: 3 patents2003: 1 patents2004: 2 patents20042006: 1 patents2008: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092011: 1 patents2012: 3 patents2013: 4 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162019: 2 patents2020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents20212023: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12402932 Pinion blade drive mechanism for a laparoscopic vessel dissector 2025-09-02
11576715 Pinion blade drive mechanism for a laparoscopic vessel dissector 2023-02-14
11090159 Heart implant Niklas Maximilian NATHE, Stefan Menzl, Raz Bar-On, Leah KIDNEY 2021-08-17
11033388 Non-occlusive dilation and deployment catheter device Peter Rudi Haw, Jeremy Douglas Jarman, Giuseppe Geldenhuys, Kenneth Stuart Park, Braden Sydney Clive Van Breda +3 more 2021-06-15
10779944 Heart valve leaflet capture device Michael A. Cousins, Edward Charles Mudge, Jeremy Douglas Jarman, Heather Madeleine Coombes, Peter Paul Zilla +1 more 2020-09-22
10368852 Orientation device for use in mitral valve repair Michael A. Cousins, Peter Rudi Haw, Jeremy Douglas Jarman, Edward Charles Mudge, Heather Madeleine Coombes +2 more 2019-08-06
10265118 Pinion blade drive mechanism for a laparoscopic vessel dissector 2019-04-23
9383322 Kit containing sealing liquid for safety closures Wolfgang Muhl 2016-07-05
D741485 Bone distractor 2015-10-20
9113941 Vessel sealer and divider with knife lockout John J. Kappus, Wayne Siebrecht, Larry Johnson 2015-08-25
8840639 Apparatus for performing an electrosurgical procedure Wayne Siebrecht, Keir Hart 2014-09-23 $58,136,000
8670814 Low-noise optical probes for reducing ambient noise Mohamed K. Diab, Esmaiel Kiani-Azarbayjany, David Tobler, Eugene Mason, Mike Mills 2014-03-11 $3,001,000
8529566 Vessel sealer and divider with knife lockout John J. Kappus, Wayne Siebrecht, Larry Johnson 2013-09-10 $8,785,000
8526085 Grid image Marius Dichtl 2013-09-03
8430876 Vessel sealer and divider with knife lockout John J. Kappus, Wayne Siebrecht, Larry Johnson 2013-04-30 $5,972,000
8343151 Vessel sealer and divider with captured cutting element Wayne Siebrecht, Larry Johnson, John J. Kappus, Arlen J. Reschke 2013-01-01
8245662 Method and configuration for dynamic control of the liquid supply to a moisturizing storage means Wolfgang Muhl 2012-08-21
8236130 Sealing liquid Wolfgang Muhl 2012-08-07
8229533 Low-noise optical probes for reducing ambient noise Mohamed K. Diab, Esmaiel Kiani-Azarbayjany, David Tobler, Eugene Mason, Mike Mills 2012-07-24 $4,718,000
7892393 Sealing liquid Wolfgang Muhl 2011-02-22
7591530 Printing device 2009-09-22
7483730 Low-noise optical probes for reducing ambient noise Mohamed K. Diab, Esmaiel Kiani-Azarbayjany, David Tobler, Eugene Mason, Mike Mills 2009-01-27 $8,593,000
7340287 Flex circuit shielded optical sensor Gene Mason, Ammar Al-Ali 2008-03-04 $20,063,000
6985764 Flex circuit shielded optical sensor Gene Mason, Ammar Al-Ali 2006-01-10
6813511 Low-noise optical probes for reducing ambient noise Mohamed K. Diab, Esmaiel Kiani-Azarbayjany, David Tobler, Eugene Mason, Mike Mills 2004-11-02