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Robert Niskanen — 10 Patents

PHPhysio-Control: 5 patents #81 of 303Top 30%
Medtronic: 3 patents #2,980 of 6,367Top 50%
PMPhysio-Control Manufacturing: 1 patents #12 of 38Top 35%
QCQuintron Instrument Company: 1 patents #28 of 68Top 45%
Seattle, WA: #2,987 of 21,776 inventorsTop 15%
Washington: #10,505 of 76,902 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Robert Niskanen has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Physio-Control. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in January 2012. Robert Niskanen ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Robert Niskanen in Seattle, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2012.peak 31982: 1 patents19821994: 1 patents19942001: 2 patents20012004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents20052010: 1 patents20102012: 3 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8090439 Defibrillators customized for anticipated patients Fred W. Chapman, Richard C. Nova, David R. Hampton, James Owen, John C. Daynes +3 more 2012-01-03
8090440 Defibrillators customized for anticipated patients Fred W. Chapman, Richard C. Nova, David R. Hampton, James Owen, John C. Daynes +3 more 2012-01-03
8090441 Defibrillators customized for anticipated patients Fred W. Chapman, Richard C. Nova, David R. Hampton, James Owen, John C. Daynes +3 more 2012-01-03
7805190 Defibrillators customized for anticipated patients Fred W. Chapman, Richard C. Nova, David R. Hampton, James Owen, John C. Daynes +3 more 2010-09-28
6937150 Method and system for locating a portable medical device Douglas K. Medema, William E. Saltzstein, Richard C. Nova 2005-08-30
6747556 Method and system for locating a portable medical device Douglas K. Medema, William E. Saltzstein, Richard C. Nova 2004-06-08
6217525 Reduced lead set device and method for detecting acute cardiac ischemic conditions Douglas K. Medema, Tae H. Joo, Paul W. Schmitt, David R. Hampton 2001-04-17
6171256 Method and apparatus for detecting a condition associated with acute cardiac ischemia Tae H. Joo, David R. Hampton, Paul W. Schmitt, Douglas K. Medema 2001-01-09
5309909 Combined skin preparation and monitoring electrode Peter D. Gadsby, David S. Paeth 1994-05-10
4311152 Medical electrode and system for minimizing motion artifacts Vernon E. Modes, Hak W. Tam, Wayne E. Quinton, Alan G. Bailey, Lou Vitez +1 more 1982-01-19 $2,616,000

Frequent Collaborators

Richard C. Nova6 shared
David R. Hampton6 shared
Douglas K. Medema4 shared
Ronald E. Stickney4 shared
Fred W. Chapman4 shared
James Owen4 shared

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