- 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 27/16 - Macromolecular materials obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/16
Total number of patents in this class: 1284
10-year publication summary
94
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113
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127
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127
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137
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124
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117
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96
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86
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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
|
---|---|---|
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
39 |
Alcon, Inc. | 4899 |
24 |
Zimmer, Inc. | 1371 |
21 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
18 |
The General Hospital Corporation | 4517 |
18 |
FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
16 |
Benz Research and Development Corporation | 47 |
16 |
Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
15 |
DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5856 |
12 |
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
11 |
Heraeus Medical GmbH | 277 |
11 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
11 |
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. | 5132 |
10 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
10 |
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
10 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
9 |
Kyocera Corporation | 12735 |
9 |
Japan VAM & Poval Co., Ltd. | 70 |
9 |
Key Medical Technologies, Inc. | 29 |
9 |
LifeCell Corporation | 350 |
9 |
Other owners | 997 |