Inventor

Thomas Franz

11Patents
6h-index
13Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 13, 1989 → Jul 27, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7998188B2 Compliant blood vessel graft Human Necessities 42 Active
US8057537B2 Compliant venous graft Human Necessities 37 Active
US8172746B2 Compliant venous graft Human Necessities 27 Active
US5028431A Article for the delivery to animal tissue of a pharmacologically active agent Human Necessities 24 Expired
US8382814B2 Compliant blood vessel graft Human Necessities 10 Active
US8747451B2 Graft apparatus Human Necessities 6 Active
US8906082B2 Graft apparatus Human Necessities 6 Active
US9517069B2 Graft apparatus Human Necessities 3 Active
US9517121B2 Compliant blood vessel graft Human Necessities 2 Active
US10595868B2 Graft apparatus Human Necessities 1 Active
US10092293B2 Graft apparatus Human Necessities 1 Active

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