- 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 15/22 - Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons containing macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 15/22
Total number of patents in this class: 1090
10-year publication summary
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97
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113
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89
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96
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86
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88
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90
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85
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55
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13
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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 |
76 |
| Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5854 |
63 |
| BASF SE | 19740 |
54 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
22 |
| 3m Innovative Properties Company | 18406 |
21 |
| KCI Licensing, Inc. | 890 |
19 |
| Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | 2681 |
19 |
| Washington University | 1473 |
17 |
| Medtrade Products Limited | 119 |
11 |
| Systagenix Wound Management Ltd. | 195 |
11 |
| LG Chem, Ltd. | 17205 |
9 |
| Baxter International Inc. | 2425 |
9 |
| Baxter Healthcare S.A. | 1810 |
9 |
| Laboratoires URGO | 67 |
9 |
| Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. | 1028 |
9 |
| Kao Corporation | 4843 |
8 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
8 |
| Mölnlycke Health Care AB | 543 |
8 |
| Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. | 1487 |
8 |
| Paul Hartmann AG | 771 |
8 |
| Other owners | 692 |