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ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    935
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    1,744
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 66.0%
About

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC has a total of 935 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 66.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 2005. It filed its patents most often in United States, China and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, electrical machinery and energy and machines are ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY LLC, YATES DAVID C and ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Shelton Iv Frederick E 503
#2 Harris Jason L 321
#3 Scheib Charles J 116
#4 Yates David C 116
#5 Morgan Jerome R 114
#6 Vendely Michael J 110
#7 Swayze Jeffrey S 102
#8 Baxter Iii Chester O 88
#9 Overmyer Mark D 54
#10 Houser Kevin L 51

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2018168600A1 Surgical instrument comprising improved jaw control
US2018168601A1 Staple forming pocket arrangements comprising primary sidewalls and pocket sidewalls
US2018168651A1 Surgical end effectors and adaptable firing members therefor
US2018168585A1 Stepped staple cartridge with asymmetrical staples
US2018168626A1 Closure members with cam surface arrangements for surgical instruments with separate and distinct closure and firing systems
US2018168617A1 Staple cartridge comprising staples with different clamping breadths
US2018168629A1 Staple cartridges and arrangements of staples and staple cavities therein
US2018168615A1 Method of deforming staples from two different types of staple cartridges with the same surgical stapling instrument
US2018168592A1 Shaft assembly comprising a clutch configured to adapt the output of a rotary firing member to two different systems
US2018168580A1 Articulatable surgical instrument with independent pivotable linkage distal of an articulation lock
US2018168637A1 Methods of stapling tissue
US2018168611A1 Anvil having a knife slot width
US2018168625A1 Surgical stapling instruments with smart staple cartridges
US2018168639A1 Surgical end effectors with expandable tissue stop arrangements
US2018168584A1 Surgical stapling instruments and staple-forming anvils
US2018168643A1 Stepped staple cartridge with tissue retention and gap setting features
US2018168622A1 Surgical instrument with multiple failure response modes
US2018168586A1 Staple cartridge with deformable driver retention features
US2018168590A1 Shaft assembly comprising a manually-operable retraction system for use with a motorized surgical instrument system
US2017202609A1 Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument with curved end effectors having asymmetric engagement between jaw and blade