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Michael A. Vail

USUs Synthetic: 83 patents #4 of 154Top 3%
DIDiamicron: 22 patents #5 of 18Top 30%
HSHalliburton Energy Services: 3 patents #1,681 of 4,711Top 40%
BUBrigham Young University: 1 patents #220 of 611Top 40%
Genola, UT: #1 of 7 inventorsTop 15%
Utah: #39 of 19,430 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #12,157 of 4,157,543Top 1%
109 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 101–109 of 109 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6517583 Prosthetic hip joint having a polycrystalline diamond compact articulation surface and a counter bearing surface Bill J. Pope, Jeffrey K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Kenneth M. Jensen 2003-02-11
6514289 Diamond articulation surface for use in a prosthetic joint Bill J. Pope, Jeffrey K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton F. Gardinier, Louis M. Pope +2 more 2003-02-04
6497727 Component for use in prosthetic hip, the component having a polycrystalline diamond articulation surface and a plurality of substrate layers Bill J. Pope, Jeffrey K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton F. Gardinier, Louis M. Pope +1 more 2002-12-24
6494918 Component for a prosthetic joint having a diamond load bearing and articulation surface Bill J. Pope, Jeffrey K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton F. Gardinier, Louis M. Pope +2 more 2002-12-17
6488715 Diamond-surfaced cup for use in a prosthetic joint Bill J. Pope, Jeffrey K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton F. Gardinier, Louis M. Pope +2 more 2002-12-03
6425922 Prosthetic hip joint having at least one sintered polycrystalline diamond compact articulation surface Bill J. Pope, Jeffrey K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton F. Gardinier, Louis M. Pope +2 more 2002-07-30
6402787 Prosthetic hip joint having at least one sintered polycrystalline diamond compact articulation surface and substrate surface topographical features in said polycrystalline diamond compact Bill J. Pope, Jeffrey K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton F. Gardinier, Louis M. Pope +2 more 2002-06-11
6398815 Prosthetic joint having at least one superhard articulation surface Bill J. Pope, Jeffrey K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton F. Gardinier, Louis M. Pope +2 more 2002-06-04
6290726 Prosthetic hip joint having sintered polycrystalline diamond compact articulation surfaces Bill J. Pope, Jeffrey K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton F. Gardinier, Louis M. Pope +2 more 2001-09-18