Inventor · Ann Arbor, MI, US

John A. Cowan

36Patents
9h-index
19Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 12, 1991 → Feb 21, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6585677B2 Shunt Human Necessities 78 Expired
US8454694B2 Interbody device and plate for spinal stabilization and instruments for positioning same Human Necessities 69 Active
US6932787B2 Shunt Human Necessities 59 Expired
US8956415B2 Vertebral implant Human Necessities 35 Active
US8690948B2 Interbody device and plate for spinal stabilization and instruments for positioning same Human Necessities 32 Active
US10303576B1 Systems and methods for IT intelligence and management based on container-level metering Physics 32 Active
US5204909A Audio processing system using delayed audio Electricity 17 Expired
US8425606B2 Method and implant device for grafting adjacent vertebral bodies Human Necessities 11 Active
US9918848B2 Spinal implant system and method Human Necessities 10 Active
US9730804B2 Locking spinal fusion device Human Necessities 5 Active
US10984474B1 Systems and methods for IT supply chain management on a distributed platform Physics 5 Active
US9468537B2 Method and implant device for grafting adjacent vertebral bodies Human Necessities 4 Active
US11916995B1 Systems and methods for locating microserver nodes in proximity to edge devices using georouting Electricity 3 Active
US10226353B2 Spinal implant system and method Human Necessities 2 Active
US9180019B2 Interbody device and plate for spinal stabilization and instruments for positioning same Human Necessities 2 Active
US10863976B2 Spinal implant system and method for lumbar and lumbosacral fusion Human Necessities 1 Active
US12095853B1 Multi-access edge computing for neutral host cellular networks Electricity 0 Active
US9839526B2 Method and implant device for grafting adjacent vertebral bodies Human Necessities 0 Active
US11446154B2 Spinal implant system and method Human Necessities 0 Active
US10342672B2 Method and implant device for grafting adjacent vertebral bodies Human Necessities 0 Active
US11141143B2 Spinal implant system and method for lumbar and lumbosacral fusion Human Necessities 0 Active
US9526532B2 Interbody device and plate for spinal stabilization and instruments for positioning same Human Necessities 0 Active
US11699186B1 Systems and methods for IT supply chain management on a distributed platform Physics 0 Active
US9615940B2 Interbody device and plate for spinal stabilization and instruments for positioning same Human Necessities 0 Active
US11126530B1 Systems and methods for IT intelligence and management based on container-level metering Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.