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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 X


Primary examiner statistics: 8 patents; average approval time: N/A
Assistant examiner statistics: 126 patents; average approval time: 134 days

Patents as Primary Examiner

Patent No. Patent Title:
8123793 Pre-crimp balloon inflation
8123775 Embolism protection devices
8062231 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
8016774 Tissue penetration device
7976560 Embolic filtering devices
7972356 Flexible and conformable embolic filtering devices
7959646 Filter device for embolic protection systems
7959661 Delivery system for endoluminal implant

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7998165 Laser-cut clot puller
7993363 Vascular device for emboli and thrombi removal and methods of use
7988644 Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device w...
7988623 Apparatus and methods for shielding body structures during surger...
7985237 Cannula for receiving surgical instruments
7981134 Vascular embolic filter exchange devices and methods of use there...
7981055 Tissue penetration device
7976476 Device and method for variable speed lancet
7959665 Intravascular stent with inverted end rings
7959582 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
7955350 Apparatus and methods for treating hardened vascular lesions
7947058 Bladeless optical obturator
7942891 Heatless blood vessel harvesting device
7942920 Stent with nested fingers for enhanced vessel coverage
7938842 Tissue dissector apparatus
7927350 Plaque liberating device
7922691 Angioplasty device and method of making same
7922757 Vascular conduit
7918884 Stent for treatment of bifurcated lesions
7914465 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
7909775 Method and apparatus for lancet launching device integrated onto ...
7909838 Obesity treatment tools and methods
7909778 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
7909774 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
7901365 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
7901362 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
7887557 Catheter having a cutting balloon including multiple cavities or ...
7887558 Modular vessel harvesting system and method
7883521 Multi-functional second instrument for cataract removal
7883514 Fixation of an intraocular implant to the iris
7883465 Finger operated switch for controlling a surgical handpiece
7879054 System and method for tissue sampling and therapeutic treatment
7879065 Locking component for an embolic filter assembly
7875051 Embolic protection filter having an improved filter frame
7874994 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
7875047 Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device w...
7875048 One-way valve devices for anchored implantation in a lung
7867243 Tissue grasping and clipping/stapling device
7867269 Flared stent and method for use
7862575 Vascular ablation apparatus and method
 
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