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INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS

Overview
  • Total Patents
    4,118
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    512
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 19.0%
About

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS has a total of 4,118 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 19.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1997. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, packaging and shipping and machines are GYS TECH LLC D/B/A CARDAN ROBOTICS, MEDROBOTICS CORP and INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONSs patent filings in countries

Patent filings per year

Chart showing INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONSs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Cooper Thomas G 282
#2 Zhao Tao 275
#3 Itkowitz Brandon D 268
#4 Duindam Vincent 248
#5 Mohr Paul W 239
#6 Larkin David Q 225
#7 Diolaiti Nicola 191
#8 Swarup Nitish 173
#9 Rogers Theodore W 168
#10 Blumenkranz Stephen J 159

Latest patents

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