- 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 15/42 - Use of materials characterised by their function or physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 15/42
Total number of patents in this class: 1531
10-year publication summary
140
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133
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116
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148
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150
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159
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151
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117
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84
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22
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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 |
71 |
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5854 |
59 |
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | 2681 |
49 |
3m Innovative Properties Company | 18406 |
41 |
KCI Licensing, Inc. | 890 |
36 |
Smith & Nephew plc | 779 |
35 |
Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
29 |
ConvaTec Technologies Inc. | 335 |
26 |
Mölnlycke Health Care AB | 543 |
21 |
BASF SE | 19740 |
18 |
President and Fellows of Harvard College | 5792 |
17 |
Washington University | 1473 |
17 |
Baxter International Inc. | 2425 |
15 |
Baxter Healthcare S.A. | 1810 |
15 |
Bayer MaterialScience AG | 874 |
13 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
13 |
First Water Limited | 29 |
12 |
SCA Hygiene Products AB | 730 |
12 |
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag | 1990 |
12 |
Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 458 |
12 |
Other owners | 1008 |