Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
17 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Pro-Dex, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
17
17 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
4
Against 2 in 2024 and none in 2023
Applications published
23
4 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Pro-Dex, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
20 publishedPro-Dex, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedAdvanced Precision Machining, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Aug 5, 2025 | 12,376,936 | Torque-limiting screwdriver devices, systems, and methods | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| May 13, 2025 | 12,295,794 | Torque-limiting devices, systems, and methods | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Jan 28, 2025 | 12,207,806 | Surgical tool attachment devices, systems, and methods | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Jan 21, 2025 | 12,201,338 | Articulating tool for endoscopic placement of fasteners | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Feb 6, 2024 | 11,890,144 | Torque-limiting screwdriver devices, systems, and methods | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 11,882,991 | Torque-limiting devices, systems, and methods | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Mar 1, 2022 | 11,259,855 | Articulating tool for endoscopic placement of fasteners | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Aug 17, 2021 | 11,090,128 | Torque-limiting devices, systems, and methods | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Aug 3, 2021 | 11,076,842 | Surgical tool attachment devices, systems, and methods | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Jul 27, 2021 | 11,071,575 | Torque-limiting screwdriver devices, systems, and methods | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jun 5, 2025 | 2025/0177079 | TORQUE-LIMITING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| May 22, 2025 | 2025/0160991 | TORQUE-LIMITING SCREWDRIVER DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| May 22, 2025 | 2025/0160919 | ARTICULATING TOOL FOR ENDOSCOPIC PLACEMENT OF FASTENERS | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| May 1, 2025 | 2025/0134502 | SURGICAL TOOL ATTACHMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 2024/0207008 | TORQUE-LIMITING SCREWDRIVER DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. · patent 12,376,936 granted from it |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 2024/0197429 | TORQUE-LIMITING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. · patent 12,295,794 granted from it |
| Dec 28, 2023 | 2023/0414264 | ARTICULATING SURGICAL TOOLS | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 2023/0285062 | SURGICAL IMPACTOR | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 2023/0285061 | SURGICAL SCREW DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. |
| Oct 27, 2022 | 2022/0338914 | ARTICULATING TOOL FOR ENDOSCOPIC PLACEMENT OF FASTENERS | Medical technology | Pro-Dex, Inc. · patent 12,201,338 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 6.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.