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...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.

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Examiner: Nguyen, Victor


Primary examiner statistics: 70 patents; average approval time: N/A
Assistant examiner statistics: 186 patents; average approval time: 1402 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8187292 Surgical skin punch apparatus
8182505 Nasal support device and method
8182500 Vein stripping device
8177805 Removable anchored lung volume reduction devices and methods
8177804 Surgical instrument
8172865 Selectable stroke cutter
8162853 Tissue penetration device
8162964 Split flexible tube biasing and directional atherectomy device an...
8157828 Surgical marking tools and methods for marking a patient
8157832 Blunt dissection and tissue elevation instrument
8157812 Slotted deployment device
8142459 Anterior capsulotomy device and procedure
8142464 Flexible inner member having a flexible region composed of longit...
8142421 Surgical tool having positively positionable tendon-actuated mult...
8137366 Obesity treatment tools and methods
8137383 Knotless suture anchor and method for knotlessly securing tissues
8137376 Embolic filters having multiple layers and controlled pore size
8137375 Nasal packing device
8137368 Method for blood vessel clip application
8137367 Obesity treatment tools and methods
8137284 Surgical access system and related methods
8133252 Reattachable introducer for a medical device deployment system
8128601 Portal device
8123765 Obesity treatment tools and methods
8123700 Method and apparatus for lancet launching device integrated onto ...
8118827 Total occlusion guidewire device
8118817 Detachable embolization coil
8116850 Organ access device and method
8114105 Instrument for surgically cutting tissue and method of use
8109994 Biodegradable drug delivery material for stent
8109959 Blood sampling needle
8105337 Medical electrical lead implant tool
8105347 Adjustable disposable/single-use blade lancet device and method
8105339 Image guided spinal surgery guide system and method for use there...
8100935 Embolectomy catheters and methods for treating stroke and other s...
8100864 Portal device
8100919 Surgery equipment holding device
8092509 Implant delivery device
8092471 Position measuring apparatus
8092469 Tool for removing object from the body of a patient

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7458977 Surgical navigation instrument useful in marking anatomical struc...
7458980 Devices and methods for preventing distal embolization using flow...
7452367 Method and apparatus for transplanting a hair graft
7434578 Methods of achieving lung volume reduction with removable anchore...
7399312 Stent design with sheath attachment members
7396329 Endoscopic retractor instrument and associated method
7390333 Biodegradable drug delivery material for stent
7390330 Reciprocating surgical file
7390331 Nasal inserts
7390328 Device and method for suturing of internal puncture sites
7384422 Telescopic, separable introducer and method of using the same
7381216 Method for locking handle deployment mechanism with medical devic...
7371247 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
7367989 Rotating balloon expandable sheath bifurcation delivery
7357808 Single use device for blood microsampling
7351249 Systems, methods, and compositions for achieving closure of sutur...
7351248 Surgical instrument with snag free box hinge
7347862 Apparatus for positioning a medical instrument relative to a pati...
7338507 Methods for producing epithelial flaps on the cornea and for plac...
7338510 Variable thickness embolic filtering devices and method of manufa...
7329270 Femoral compression device
7326227 Tourniquet padding
7328057 Shunt passer or like surgical instrument configured for receiving...
7322989 Retractable grasper
7322988 Methods of forming catheters with soft distal tips
7323004 Device for providing automatic stitching of an incision
7323001 Embolic filters with controlled pore size
7318815 Angioplasty device with embolic recapture mechanism for treatment...
7316700 Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal ...
7316699 Introducer assembly for medical instruments
7316698 Load-controlled auto-actuated skin incision device
7316692 Laser-cut clot puller
7311715 Suturing set for medical use
7306618 Vascular device for emboli and thrombi removal and methods of use
7306615 Anatomical handle for surgical precision scalpel
7303575 Embolism protection devices
7300415 Balloon catheter having an external guidewire
7300442 Method of destroying formations in a body
7297122 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
7294137 Device for multi-modal treatment of vascular lesions
 
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