- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 1/12 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor with cooling or rinsing arrangements
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 1/12
Total number of patents in this class: 1909
10-year publication summary
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156
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194
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209
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216
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195
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238
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190
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163
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150
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61
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
323 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
82 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
61 |
| ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH | 240 |
58 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
55 |
| Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | 620 |
53 |
| EndoChoice, Inc. | 183 |
40 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
40 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1661 |
39 |
| Medivators Inc. | 195 |
29 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1071 |
28 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1622 |
28 |
| ClearCam, Inc. | 44 |
28 |
| Stryker Corporation | 3864 |
26 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2822 |
23 |
| Medos International SARL | 731 |
23 |
| GI Scientific, LLC | 50 |
17 |
| Motus GI Medical Technologies Ltd. | 37 |
15 |
| Ambu A/S | 420 |
15 |
| Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5370 |
12 |
| Other owners | 914 |