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Andrew Schafer — 23 Patents

NUNuvasive: 20 patents #26 of 328Top 8%
Ford: 2 patents #6,478 of 17,473Top 40%
GMGlobus Medical: 1 patents #435 of 575Top 80%
Encinitas, CA: #106 of 1,440 inventorsTop 8%
California: #24,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Andrew Schafer has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nuvasive. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in July 2025. Andrew Schafer ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Andrew Schafer in Encinitas, CA, US.

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Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12357350 Minimally invasive spinal fixation system and related methods Fernando Olea, Scott Lish, Robert German, Justin Doose, Derek Matteo +3 more 2025-07-15
12185990 Spinal alignment frame Robert German, Jim A. Youssef, Scott Lish, Justin Doose 2025-01-07
11992246 Surgical band clamp system Andrew Morris, Adam Lipson, Robert German, Nicholas Didier 2024-05-28
11723698 Minimally invasive spinal fixation system and related methods Justin Doose, Robert German, Scott Lish, Eric Dasso, Derek Matteo +1 more 2023-08-15 $4,528,000
11596453 Minimally invasive spinal fixation system Fernando Olea, Scott Lish, Robert German, Justin Doose, Derek Matteo +3 more 2023-03-07 $8,533,000
11571247 Spinal alignment frame Robert German, Jim A. Youssef, Scott Lish, Justin Doose 2023-02-07 $10,081,000
11406429 Minimally invasive spinal fixation system and related methods Justin Doose, Robert German, Scott Lish, Eric Dasso, Derek Matteo +1 more 2022-08-09 $23,748,000
10945770 Surgical band clamp system Andrew Morris, Adam Lipson, Robert German, Nicholas Didier 2021-03-16 $42,248,000
10716600 Minimally invasive spinal fixation system Fernando Olea, Scott Lish, Robert German, Justin Doose, Derek Matteo +3 more 2020-07-21 $10,732,000
10716601 Spinal alignment frame Robert German, Jim A. Youssef, Scott Lish, Justin Doose 2020-07-21 $10,732,000
10426527 Minimally invasive spinal fixation system and related methods Justin Doose, Robert German, Scott Lish, Eric Dasso, Derek Matteo +1 more 2019-10-01 $9,722,000
10307186 Surgical band clamp system Andrew Morris, Adam Lipson, Robert German, Nicholas Didier 2019-06-04 $25,333,000
10214150 Vehicle storage compartment Victoria Marie Devine, Matthew James Enciso 2019-02-26 $7,790,000
10034695 Spinal alignment frame Robert German, Jim A. Youssef, Scott Lish, Justin Doose 2018-07-31 $13,312,000
9649140 Minimally invasive spinal fixation system and related methods Justin Doose, Robert German, Scott Lish, Eric Dasso, Derek Matteo +1 more 2017-05-16 $8,355,000
9480504 Spinal alignment frame Robert German, Jim A. Youssef, Scott Lish, Justin Doose 2016-11-01 $17,477,000
9198692 Spinal fixation anchor Justin Doose, Scott Lish, Robert German 2015-12-01 $3,783,000
9198698 Minimally invasive spinal fixation system and related methods Justin Doose, Robert German, Scott Lish, Eric Dasso, Derek Matteo +1 more 2015-12-01 $3,783,000
9093773 Tethered USB charger cap Thomas William Pietila, Scott Simon, Anthony Ligi, Jr. 2015-07-28 $12,982,000
8986349 Systems and methods for correcting spinal deformities Robert German, Scott Lish, Scott D. Shoemaker 2015-03-24 $6,450,000
8876869 Polyaxial bone screw assembly Robert German 2014-11-04 $4,232,000
8372081 Vertebral distraction assembly and related methods Rob German 2013-02-12 $9,717,000
8167915 Methods and apparatus for treating spinal stenosis Bret A. Ferree, Rich Mueller, Forrest Samuel, Benjamin Arnold 2012-05-01 $11,574,000