- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61F - Filters implantable into blood vessels; prostheses; devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents; orthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devices; fomentation; treatment or protection of eyes or ears; bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; first-aid kits
- A61F 13/15 - Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 13/15
Total number of patents in this class: 8238
10-year publication summary
699
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718
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653
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578
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559
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559
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468
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401
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323
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112
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
The Procter & Gamble Company | 22178 |
1992 |
Unicharm Corporation | 2744 |
1224 |
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5854 |
720 |
Daio Paper Corporation | 1407 |
350 |
Zuiko Corporation | 411 |
279 |
Kao Corporation | 4843 |
273 |
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag | 1990 |
245 |
Uni-Charm Corporation | 611 |
210 |
SCA Hygiene Products AB | 730 |
160 |
G.D S.p.A. | 929 |
104 |
Livedo Corporation | 179 |
101 |
Curt G. Joa, Inc. | 193 |
93 |
Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. | 180 |
84 |
Ontex Group NV | 141 |
66 |
3m Innovative Properties Company | 18406 |
59 |
Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. | 1028 |
59 |
Paul Hartmann AG | 771 |
53 |
EDGEWELL Personal Care Brands, LLC | 1402 |
46 |
BASF SE | 19740 |
38 |
Medline Industries, LP | 2076 |
33 |
Other owners | 2049 |