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MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    923
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    2,909
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 30.0%
About

MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC has a total of 923 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 30.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1989. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, textiles and paper and surface technology and coating are URICH ALEX, MILVELLA PTY LTD and Y MED INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Lampropoulos Fred P 152
#2 Mottola Jim 135
#3 Mcarthur Gregory R 111
#4 Lampropoulos Fred 101
#5 Eller Zeke 74
#6 Hall John William 69
#7 Stevens Brian 57
#8 Padilla William 56
#9 Sykes Kenneth 51
#10 Jenkins Richard P 50

Latest patents

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