Trends in Surgical Patents Held by Surgeons From 1993 to 2018

Objective: This study aims to quantify the number of patent-holding surgeons and determine their specialty demographics. Summary Background Data: The number of intellectual property filings related to surgery has exponentially increased over the past 40 years, yet surgeon inventor status among these inventions remains poorly defined. Methods: A query of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Full-Text and Image Database was...