- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosis; surgery; identification
- A61B 17/28 - Surgical forceps
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 17/28
Total number of patents in this class: 2104
10-year publication summary
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173
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203
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204
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200
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270
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202
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138
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148
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102
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26
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
277 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
236 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
166 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1071 |
69 |
| Aesculap AG | 1306 |
54 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 3616 |
53 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1661 |
52 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
38 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 1629 |
30 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1622 |
24 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
21 |
| Aerin Medical, Inc. | 82 |
19 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
17 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
14 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 385 |
13 |
| Covidien AG | 480 |
11 |
| ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH | 458 |
11 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
11 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 78 |
11 |
| RIVERFIELD Inc. | 186 |
10 |
| Other owners | 967 |