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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjustable ergonomic control console with user login | 2012-1-24 | 2013-8-13 | 2013-8-13 |
| Hospital bed | 2012-3-15 | 2015-4-21 | 2015-4-21 |
| End effector coupling arrangements for a surgical cutting and stapling … | 2011-2-15 | 2014-11-04 | 2014-11-04 |
| Tissue thickness compensators | 2012-3-28 | 2015-12-29 | 2015-12-29 |
| Tissue thickness compensator and method for making the same | 2012-3-28 | 2016-1-26 | 2016-1-26 |
| Synthesis of ZSM-58 crystals with improved diffusivity for use in gas … | 2014-12-17 | 2017-2-21 | 2017-2-21 |
| Interchangeable tools for surgical instruments | 2008-2-14 | 2014-6-24 | 2014-6-24 |
| Surgical instrument with modular end effector | 2011-10-17 | 2015-4-07 | 2015-4-07 |
| Recharge system for medical devices | 2011-10-18 | 2016-7-05 | 2016-7-05 |
| Surgical instrument with trigger assembly for generating multiple actuation … | 2011-9-23 | 2014-7-29 | 2014-7-29 |