Patents imply intellectual property and it has a $ value that can be associated depending on the field and type of patent that is allocated. Patents also increase the enterprise value of the company and help prevent copy-cats from copying the idea without having royalt payments or licencing deals. We like it when companies get patents awarded!. To protect IP companies aggressively file provisional patents even before they have a working product. The below table provides a way to look at what has been done by companies and use this as a factor to make investment decisions.
| Title | Filing Date | Publication Date | Grant Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Method and system for controlling output of RF medical generator | 2012-1-31 | 2015-8-25 | 2015-8-25 |
| Tissue expanders and methods of use | 2020-10-06 | 2021-8-26 | |
| Methods and apparatus for cardiac valve repair | 2009-9-24 | 2014-5-27 | 2014-5-27 |
| Methods and devices for the rerouting of chyme to induce intestinal brake | 2011-5-10 | 2014-1-28 | 2014-1-28 |
| Targeting monomers and polymers having targeting blocks | 2010-11-17 | 2016-8-16 | 2016-8-16 |
| Systems and methods for orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing | 2012-4-11 | 2013-10-01 | 2013-10-01 |
| Articulation joint features for articulating surgical device | 2011-9-19 | 2015-12-29 | 2015-12-29 |
| Surgical technique using a contoured allograft cartilage as a spacer of the … | 2014-8-27 | 2015-12-01 | 2015-12-01 |
| Nozzle tip with slit valve for fluid dispenser | 2014-10-29 | 2016-2-09 | 2016-2-09 |
| Implantable hearing aid transducer retention apparatus | 2004-4-09 | 2007-9-25 | 2007-9-25 |