Rich Mueller has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nuvasive . The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in April 2025. Rich Mueller ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Rich Mueller in Carlsbad, CA, US.
Patents per Year Patents granted per year, 2012 to 2025 Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2013. peak 2 2012: 1 patents 2012 2013: 2 patents 2013 2016: 1 patents 2016 2017: 1 patents 2017 2019: 1 patents 2019 2023: 1 patents 2023 2025: 1 patents 2025
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Showing 1–8 of 8 patents
Patent # Title Co-Inventors Date Approx Value ⓘ
12285341 Vertebral body replacement Benjamin Arnold , William D. Smith , Sharath Bellary 2025-04-29
11712344 Vertebral body replacement Benjamin Arnold , William D. Smith , Sharath Bellary 2023-08-01
$7,126,000
10413421 Vertebral body replacement Benjamin Arnold , William D. Smith , Sharath Bellary 2019-09-17
$28,034,000
9636233 Vertebral body replacement Benjamin Arnold , William D. Smith , Sharath Bellary 2017-05-02
$8,583,000
9387090 Vertebral body replacement Benjamin Arnold , William D. Smith , Sharath Bellary 2016-07-12
$6,313,000
8480712 System and method for performing spinal fixation Forrest Samuel , Rob German , Eric Dasso , Robert W. Riley, Jr. , Dan K. Ahlgren 2013-07-09
$13,103,000
8439922 Systems and methods for holding and implanting bone anchors Benjamin Arnold , Eric Dasso , Justin Doose , Rob German 2013-05-14
8167915 Methods and apparatus for treating spinal stenosis Bret A. Ferree , Forrest Samuel , Andrew Schafer , Benjamin Arnold 2012-05-01
$11,574,000