- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61L - Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general; disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air; chemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles; materials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L 15/18 - Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons containing inorganic materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 15/18
Total number of patents in this class: 678
10-year publication summary
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70
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68
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63
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85
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61
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56
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53
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51
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36
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15
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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 |
37 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 458 |
30 |
| Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5854 |
18 |
| Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | 2681 |
15 |
| 3m Innovative Properties Company | 18406 |
11 |
| Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. | 1028 |
11 |
| Paul Hartmann AG | 771 |
10 |
| BASF SE | 19740 |
9 |
| LG Chem, Ltd. | 17205 |
9 |
| Blucher GmbH | 192 |
8 |
| Avent, Inc. | 1007 |
7 |
| Milliken & Company | 1253 |
7 |
| Mölnlycke Health Care AB | 543 |
7 |
| Materials Modification, Inc. | 20 |
6 |
| Medline Industries, LP | 2076 |
6 |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | 1834 |
5 |
| Biolife, L.L.C. | 59 |
5 |
| BK Giulini GmbH | 132 |
5 |
| Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. | 1487 |
5 |
| Soft Health Technologies, LLC | 15 |
5 |
| Other owners | 462 |