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Neil Plotkin — 12 Patents

Medtronic: 5 patents #1,904 of 6,367Top 30%
SDSmiths Detection: 4 patents #14 of 111Top 15%
CGCelanese Gmbh: 2 patents #249 of 478Top 55%
Scotch Plains, NJ: #79 of 466 inventorsTop 20%
New Jersey: #7,365 of 69,400 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Neil Plotkin has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Medtronic. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in April 2014. Neil Plotkin ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Neil Plotkin in Scotch Plains, NJ, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1998.peak 31983: 1 patents19831985: 1 patents19851993: 1 patents19931998: 3 patents19981999: 1 patents19992002: 1 patents20022006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents20072012: 1 patents20122014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8694267 Autonomous monitoring method and system using sensors of different sensitivities Steven A. Sunshine, Timothy E. Burch, Gregory Steinthal, Chang-Meng Hsiung 2014-04-08
8285493 Autonomous monitoring method and system using sensors of different sensitivities Steven A. Sunshine, Timothy E. Burch, Gregory Steinthal, Chang-Meng Hsiung 2012-10-09
7171312 Chemical and biological agent sensor array detectors Gregory Steinthal, Steven A. Sunshine, Tim Burch, Chang-Meng Hsiung 2007-01-30
7034677 Non-specific sensor array detectors Gregory Steinthal, Steven A. Sunshine, Tim Burch, Chang-Meng Hsiung 2006-04-25
6497841 Prevention of electrical discharges in polymeric heat exchangers Roger J. Elgas, Robert F. Gremel, Robert V. Worrell 2002-12-24 $84,636,000
5928179 Method and apparatus for creating pulsatile flow in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit 1999-07-27 $60,286,000
5851486 Spray spun filter cartridges for cardiotomy filter/defoamer 1998-12-22 $39,046,000
5820579 Method and apparatus for creating pulsatile flow in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit 1998-10-13 $24,511,000
5738645 Soft tip blood reservoir for heart-lung machines 1998-04-14 $86,810,000
5221457 System for analyzing ion levels in fluids John North, Robert Kay, Jeff Brown, Mark Eike 1993-06-22
4541981 Method for preparing a uniform polyolefinic microporous hollow fiber James J. Lowery, Jack Robinson 1985-09-17 $1,219,000
4405688 Microporous hollow fiber and process and apparatus for preparing such fiber James J. Lowery, Jack Robinson 1983-09-20 $3,121,000