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Joseph L. Sullivan — 180 Patents

PHPhysio-Control: 53 patents #3 of 303Top 1%
WHWest Affum Holdings: 51 patents #1 of 56Top 2%
WDWest Affum Holdings Dac: 39 patents #1 of 62Top 2%
Medtronic: 22 patents #424 of 6,367Top 7%
PMPhysio-Control Manufacturing: 7 patents #1 of 38Top 3%
Kirkland, WA: #6 of 3,517 inventorsTop 1%
Washington: #74 of 76,902 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #4,247 of 4,157,543Top 1%
180 Patents All Time
Joseph L. Sullivan has been granted 180 US patents while listed as an inventor at Physio-Control. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in October 2025. Joseph L. Sullivan ranks #4,247 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.10%). Patent records list Joseph L. Sullivan in Kirkland, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 20 patents in 2024.peak 201998: 2 patents19981999: 2 patents2000: 1 patents2001: 4 patents20012002: 3 patents2003: 2 patents2005: 4 patents20052006: 3 patents2007: 3 patents2009: 4 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 6 patents2012: 4 patents20122013: 5 patents2014: 6 patents2015: 7 patents20152016: 8 patents2017: 18 patents2018: 10 patents20182019: 8 patents2020: 4 patents2021: 16 patents20212022: 12 patents2023: 11 patents2024: 20 patents20242025: 16 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 180 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12440109 Direct current (DC) voltage respiration detector 2025-10-14
12414721 System and method for electrocardiogram analysis and optimization of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and therapy delivery Ronald E. Stickney, Robert G. Walker, Daniel W. Piraino, Isabelle Banville, Fred W. Chapman 2025-09-16
12409331 Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) with artificial intelligence features Zoie R. Engman, David P. Finch, Laura Marie Gustavson, Phillip D. Foshee, Jr. 2025-09-09
12377279 Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system detecting QRS complexes in ECG signal by matched difference filter 2025-08-05
12354750 Selection of a wearable article for a medical device Steven E. Sjoquist, Mark P. Moore, Jonathan P. Niegowski, Hema A. Ingle, Leo J. Gilbert +1 more 2025-07-08
12343152 Wearable cardioverter defibrillator having reduced noise prompts Jaeho Kim 2025-07-01
12337185 Detecting shockable polymorphic ventricular tachycardia 2025-06-24
12329973 Rhythm sensing during external pacing Jaeho Kim, David P. Finch 2025-06-17
12311188 Power in a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) Brian J. Bennett, Kenneth F. Cowan, Phillip D. Foshee, Jr., David P. Finch 2025-05-27
12237087 WCD system alert issuance and resolution Zoie R. Engman, David P. Finch, Erick M. Roane, Pamela F. Breske 2025-02-25
12233274 Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) causing patient's QRS width to be plotted against the heart rate Laura Marie Gustavson, David P. Finch 2025-02-25
12233253 Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) with bystander voice interaction 2025-02-25
12232879 Atrial fibrillation detection 2025-02-25
12226219 Detecting nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in a wearable cardioverter defibrillator Jaeho Kim 2025-02-18
12220584 Asystole and complete heart block detection 2025-02-11
12186107 Identifying reliable vectors Jaeho Kim 2025-01-07
12179031 Heart rate calculator with reduced overcounting 2024-12-31
12179032 Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) segment based episode opening and confirmation periods David P. Finch, Douglas K. Medema, Robert Reuben Buchanan, Garrett M. Kotlarchik, Jaeho Kim +1 more 2024-12-31
12151119 Wearable cardioverter defibrillator having adjustable alarm time Phillip D. Foshee, Jr., David P. Finch, Pamela F. Breske, Laura Marie Gustavson, Jaeho Kim 2024-11-26
12121736 WCD with pacing analgesia 2024-10-22
12115003 Reducing electrocardiogram artifacts during and post CPR 2024-10-15
12097379 Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system making shock/no shock determinations from multiple patient parameters 2024-09-24
12070613 Determining post-shock treatment based on heart viability Fred W. Chapman 2024-08-27
12023510 Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system reacting to high-frequency ECG noise Jaeho Kim 2024-07-02
11998340 System and method for electrocardiogram analysis and optimization of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and therapy delivery Ronald E. Stickney, Robert G. Walker, Daniel W. Piraino, Isabelle Banville, Fred W. Chapman 2024-06-04