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James Mitchell — 44 Patents

Medtronic: 32 patents #259 of 6,367Top 5%
The Boeing: 3 patents #3,887 of 15,756Top 25%
FIFinishtech: 1 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
LELear: 1 patents #905 of 1,996Top 50%
Santa Rosa, CA: #30 of 1,373 inventorsTop 3%
California: #9,924 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #66,838 of 4,157,543Top 2%
44 Patents All Time
James Mitchell has been granted 44 US patents while listed as an inventor at Medtronic. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in September 2025. James Mitchell ranks #66,838 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.6%). Patent records list James Mitchell in Santa Rosa, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2024.peak 41985: 1 patents19851987: 1 patents1991: 2 patents1993: 1 patents19931998: 2 patents2005: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents2010: 1 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 3 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 3 patents2020: 3 patents20202022: 2 patents2023: 1 patents2024: 4 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 44 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12427231 Protected magnesium alloys for bioresorbable stents Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Jeffrey Allen, Christopher W. Storment, Jill Mendelson 2025-09-30
12370045 Methods and systems for delivery device insertion during medical device crimp processes Victoria UNG, Nathanael Glucklich 2025-07-29
12127959 Iris-style crimpers for medical devices Nathanael Glucklich, Victoria UNG 2024-10-29 $75,417,000
12064362 Implant tissue protection tool Victoria UNG, Kshitija Garde, Philip C. Y. Leung, Justin Peterson, Priyanka Ganesh +3 more 2024-08-20 $37,399,000
12064343 Devices and methods for multi-alignment of implantable medical devices Justin Peterson, Victoria UNG, Syed J. ASKARI, Shahnaz JAVANI, Genevieve E. FARRAR +3 more 2024-08-20 $37,399,000
11974919 Stented prosthetic heart valve delivery system having an expandable bumper Don Tran, Martha Barajas-Torres, Leonel Mendoza, Siyan Som, Jill Mendelson +1 more 2024-05-07 $48,151,000
11622857 Balloon expandable transcatheter valve deployment devices and methods William W. Chang, Leonila Rivera, Siyan Som, Martha Barajas-Torres, Leo Mendoza 2023-04-11 $81,113,000
11517649 Protected magnesium alloys for bioresorbable stents Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Jeffrey Allen, Christopher W. Storment, Jill Mendelson 2022-12-06 $64,476,000
11426276 Stented prosthetic heart valve delivery system having an expandable bumper Don Tran, Martha Barajas-Torres, Leonel Mendoza, Siyan Som, Jill Mendelson +1 more 2022-08-30 $49,284,000
10736761 Method of making a medical device using additive manufacturing with a masking plate Syamala Rani Pulugurtha 2020-08-11 $45,715,000
10675707 Method of making a medical device using additive manufacturing Syamala Rani Pulugurtha 2020-06-09 $73,259,000
10632004 Hollow drug-filled stent and method of forming hollow drug-filled stent Ryan Bienvenu, Dustin Thompson 2020-04-28 $90,271,000
10463512 Apparatus and methods for filling a drug eluting medical device via capillary action Justin Peterson, Abby S. Pandya, Nate Glucklich, Joseph Berglund, Ya Guo 2019-11-05 $69,246,000
10322214 Protected magnesium alloys for bioresorbable stents Syamala Rani Pulugurtha, Jeffrey Allen, Christopher W. Storment, Jill Mendelson 2019-06-18 $46,789,000
10226367 Apparatus and methods for filling a drug eluting medical device via capillary action Justin Peterson, Abby S. Pandya, Nathanael Glucklich, Justin Goshgarian, Rajen Kumar +1 more 2019-03-12 $40,224,000
10137016 Hollow drug-filled stent and method of forming hollow drug-filled stent Ryan Bienvenu, Dustin Thompson 2018-11-27 $79,462,000
9867724 Hollow drug-filled stent and method of forming hollow drug-filled stent Ryan Bienvenu, Dustin Thompson 2018-01-16 $32,477,000
9867722 Apparatus and methods for filling a drug eluting medical device via capillary action Justin Peterson, Abby Schlichting, Nathanael Glucklich, Joseph Traina, Rajen Kumar 2018-01-16 $32,477,000
9649208 Hollow drug-filled stent and method of forming hollow drug-filled stent Ryan Bienvenu, Dustin Thompson 2017-05-16 $43,126,000
9549832 Apparatus and methods for filling a drug eluting medical device via capillary action Justin Peterson, Abby Schlichting, Nate Glucklich, Joseph Berglund, Ya Guo 2017-01-24 $57,292,000
9339630 Retractable drug delivery system and method Brian Cook, Natividad Vasquez, Gianfranco Pellegrini 2016-05-17 $33,091,000
9237961 Stent delivery system for detecting wall apposition of the stent during deployment 2016-01-19 $36,772,000
9204982 Apparatus and methods for filling a drug eluting medical device via capillary action Justin Peterson, Abby Schlichting, Nate Glucklich, Joe Traina, Rajen Kumar 2015-12-08 $40,609,000
8998977 Hollow drug-filled stent and method of forming hollow drug-filled stent Ryan Bienvenu, Dustin Thompson 2015-04-07 $21,575,000
8828474 Apparatus and methods for loading a drug eluting medical device William A. L. Heaton, Dishuan Chu, Terry Morgan, Justin Peterson, Joseph Traina 2014-09-09 $13,989,000