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Brian D. Byrd — 14 Patents

Zimmer: 13 patents #66 of 1,179Top 6%
North Webster, IN: #5 of 30 inventorsTop 20%
Indiana: #2,490 of 33,936 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Brian D. Byrd has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Zimmer. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in November 2025. Brian D. Byrd ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Brian D. Byrd in North Webster, IN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2020.peak 32010: 2 patents20102012: 1 patents20122014: 2 patents20142016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182020: 3 patents20202023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12458502 Tibial prosthesis with tibial bearing component securing feature Kathleen Macke, Dwight T. Todd, James D. Wernle, Vanessa Croll, Jeff Blaylock +1 more 2025-11-04
11969353 Directional locking reverse shoulder prostheses and systems Steven Humphrey, James D. Wernle, Joanna L. Surma, Stephen H. Hoag, Donald W. Dye +5 more 2024-04-30
11547571 Tibial prosthesis with tibial bearing component securing feature Kathleen Macke, Dwight T. Todd, James D. Wernle, Vanessa Croll, Jeff Blaylock +1 more 2023-01-10
10709565 Directional locking reverse shoulder prostheses and systems Steven Humphrey, James D. Wernle, Joanna L. Surma, Stephen H. Hoag, Donald W. Dye +5 more 2020-07-14
10675153 Tibial prosthesis with tibial bearing component securing feature Kathleen Macke, Dwight T. Todd, James D. Wernle, Vanessa Croll, Jeff Blaylock +1 more 2020-06-09
10543099 Tibial prosthesis Adam H. Sanford, Ramesh Annayappa 2020-01-28
9918844 Tibial prosthesis with a fixed bearing component Adam H. Sanford, Ramesh Annayappa, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos 2018-03-20
9763794 Tibial prosthesis Adam H. Sanford, Ramesh Annayappa 2017-09-19
9283082 Methods related to seating of bearing component on tibial tray Adam H. Sanford, Ramesh Annayappa, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos 2016-03-15
8764840 Tibial prosthesis Adam H. Sanford, Ramesh Annayappa, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos 2014-07-01
8628580 Tibial prosthesis Adam H. Sanford, Ramesh Annayappa 2014-01-14
8137407 Tibial knee component with a mobile bearing Dwight T. Todd, James C. Harris, Kim C. Bertin, Linggawati Tanamal, Peter S. Walker 2012-03-20
7850698 Tibial trialing assembly and method of trialing a tibial implant Kristina J. Straszheim-Morley, Dwight T. Todd, Scott Lazar 2010-12-14 $25,854,000
7686811 Surgical component fixation and method Christopher M.S. Meek, Adam H. Sanford 2010-03-30 $34,953,000