- 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 2/20 - Gaseous substances, e.g. vapours
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 2/20
Total number of patents in this class: 2327
10-year publication summary
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152
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150
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173
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206
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211
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243
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298
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303
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215
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54
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| American Sterilizer Company | 654 |
63 |
| SoClean, Inc. | 126 |
60 |
| Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | 3891 |
48 |
| ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH | 240 |
35 |
| Stryker Corporation | 3864 |
29 |
| Steris Inc. | 146 |
28 |
| Krones AG | 2037 |
23 |
| Plasmapp Co., Ltd. | 54 |
21 |
| KHS GmbH | 1381 |
20 |
| Sidel Participations | 984 |
20 |
| O&M Halyard, Inc. | 371 |
17 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
16 |
| Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. | 2007 |
16 |
| Noxilizer, Inc. | 25 |
15 |
| Synexis LLC | 57 |
14 |
| Ecolab USA Inc. | 5190 |
13 |
| Saban Ventures Pty Limited | 83 |
13 |
| Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | 6884 |
13 |
| Chio Kang Medical, Inc. | 29 |
13 |
| Qiaokang Biotech (Guangdong) Co., LTD. | 29 |
13 |
| Other owners | 1837 |