- 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 13/42 - Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators with wetness indicator or alarm
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 13/42
Total number of patents in this class: 1195
10-year publication summary
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69
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84
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113
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98
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150
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158
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120
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109
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69
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23
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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 |
164 |
| Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5854 |
141 |
| Unicharm Corporation | 2744 |
73 |
| Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag | 1990 |
70 |
| Ontex Group NV | 141 |
49 |
| SCA Hygiene Products AB | 730 |
41 |
| Hill-Rom Services, Inc. | 1115 |
37 |
| Fred Bergman Healthcare Pty. Ltd. | 35 |
28 |
| Coloplast A/S | 1927 |
23 |
| ONTEX, besloten vennootschap | 143 |
21 |
| Medline Industries, LP | 2076 |
18 |
| Verily Life Sciences LLC | 1226 |
17 |
| Kao Corporation | 4843 |
14 |
| Parasol Medical LLC | 62 |
14 |
| Daio Paper Corporation | 1407 |
12 |
| Ontex BVBA | 60 |
12 |
| Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | 1277 |
12 |
| Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH | 2100 |
10 |
| International Paper Company | 857 |
9 |
| Biolink Systems, LLC | 14 |
9 |
| Other owners | 421 |