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RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    118
About

RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC has a total of 118 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1995. It filed its patents most often in United States, Australia and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, materials and metallurgy and macromolecular chemistry and polymers are INNOVATIVE PULMONARY SOLUTIONS INC, ZOMED INT INC and MAYSE MARTIN L.

Patent filings per year

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

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Gough Edward J 39
#2 Stein Alan A 32
#3 Balbierz Daniel J 31
#4 Edwards Stuart D 27
#5 Lax Ronald G 22
#6 Balbierz Daniel 19
#7 Lee Kee S 15
#8 Pearson Robert 15
#9 Sharkey Hugh 14
#10 Johnson Theodore 13

Latest patents

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