Patents by Inventor Clayton Frank Gardinier

Clayton Frank Gardinier 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).

  • Articulating diamond-surfaced spinal implants
    Patent number: 7494507
    Abstract: Articulating diamond-surfaced spinal implants are disclosed. Materials which may be used to make the spinal implants and manufacturing and finishing techniques for making the implants are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Diamicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Dixon, Clayton Frank Gardinier, Troy J. Medford, Dean C. Blackburn, Jeffery Karl Taylor, Bill J. Pope
  • Nozzles, and components thereof and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 7172142
    Abstract: Various nozzles, components of nozzles, and methods, materials and devices for making them are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Diamicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Michael A. Vail, Clayton Frank Gardinier
  • Nozzles, and components thereof and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 6817550
    Abstract: Various nozzles, components of nozzles, and methods, materials and devices for making them are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Diamicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Karl Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Michael A. Vail, Clayton Frank Gardinier
  • 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
  • Articulating diamond-surfaced spinal implants
    Publication number: 20030191533
    Abstract: Articulating diamond-surfaced spinal implants are disclosed. Materials which may be used to make the spinal implants and manufacturing and finishing techniques for making the implants are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Diamicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Dixon, Clayton Frank Gardinier, Troy J. Medford, Dean C. Blackburn, Jeffery Karl Taylor, Bill J. Pope
  • Nozzles, and components thereof and methods for making the same
    Publication number: 20030189114
    Abstract: Various nozzles, components of nozzles, and methods, materials and devices for making them are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Diamicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery K. Taylor, Richard H. Dixon, Michael A. Vail, Clayton Frank Gardinier