- 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 13/494 - Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies characterised by edge leakage prevention means
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 13/494
Total number of patents in this class: 924
10-year publication summary
88
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71
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99
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94
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67
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71
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61
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29
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
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Unicharm Corporation | 2744 |
211 |
The Procter & Gamble Company | 22178 |
203 |
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5854 |
93 |
Daio Paper Corporation | 1407 |
89 |
Uni-Charm Corporation | 611 |
67 |
Kao Corporation | 4843 |
51 |
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag | 1990 |
20 |
SCA Hygiene Products AB | 730 |
18 |
Livedo Corporation | 179 |
14 |
Uni-Charm Co., Ltd. | 28 |
10 |
Oji Holdings Corporation | 660 |
9 |
DSG Technology Holdings Ltd. | 39 |
8 |
3m Innovative Properties Company | 18406 |
7 |
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc. | 153 |
7 |
Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. | 180 |
6 |
Ontex Group NV | 141 |
6 |
MAS Innovation (Private) Limited | 109 |
5 |
ONTEX, besloten vennootschap | 143 |
5 |
Curt G. Joa, Inc. | 193 |
4 |
Paul Hartmann AG | 771 |
4 |
Other owners | 87 |