Patents by Inventor Bill Jordan Pope

Bill Jordan Pope has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Prosthetic hip joint having a polycrystalline diamond articulation surface and a plurality of substrate layers
    Patent number: 6793681
    Abstract: Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for manufacturing and finishing the same, and related information are disclosed, including a prosthetic hip joint having a polycrystalline diamond articulation surface and a plurality of substrate layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Diamicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Jordan Pope, Jeffery K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton F. Gardinier, Louis M. Pope, Dean C. Blackburn, Michael A. Vail
  • Modular bearing surfaces in prosthetic joints
    Publication number: 20040111159
    Abstract: Prosthetic joints, materials thereof, and manufacturing methods are disclosed. The joints may include sintered polycrystalline diamond compacts in modular form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Diamicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Jordan Pope, Jeffery Karl Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Clayton Frank Gardinier, Dean C. Blackburn