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Michael Sweeney — 10 Patents

VEVentritex: 7 patents #6 of 51Top 15%
INIntermedics: 2 patents #49 of 121Top 45%
Mountain View, CA: #2,181 of 11,022 inventorsTop 20%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Michael Sweeney has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ventritex. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in May 2014. Michael Sweeney ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Michael Sweeney in Mountain View, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8734885 Cold infusion process for fortifying coffee beans 2014-05-27
5456706 Cardiac defibrillation lead having defibrillation and atrial sensing electrodes Benjamin D. Pless, Drew A. Hoffmann, M. Elizabeth Bush, Steven M. Mitchell 1995-10-10 $2,478,000
5383908 Defibrillation system having innominate vein electrode and method for its use Debra S. Echt 1995-01-24 $8,693,000
5115807 Programmable defibrillator with pulse energy and resistance displays and methods of operating the same Benjamin D. Pless, Roger Winkle 1992-05-26 $5,937,000
5048521 Method for combined cardiac pacing and defibrillation Benjamin D. Pless, Roger Winkle, Anthony Nathan 1991-09-17
5014697 Programmable defibrillator Benjamin D. Pless, Roger Winkle 1991-05-14
5007422 Method for combiner cardiac pacing and defibrillation Benjamin D. Pless, Roger Winkle, Anthony Nathan 1991-04-16
4880005 Pacemaker for detecting and terminating a tachycardia Benjamin D. Pless 1989-11-14
4872459 Pacemaker for detecting and terminating a tachycardia Benjamin D. Pless 1989-10-10
4827936 Apparatus for stimulating the heart with protected pacer Benjamin D. Pless, Roger Winkle 1989-05-09