- 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 27/30 - Inorganic materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/30
Total number of patents in this class: 851
10-year publication summary
50
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65
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77
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78
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47
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65
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61
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55
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40
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10
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
31 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
16 |
Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG | 390 |
16 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
15 |
Bactiguard AB | 40 |
14 |
Zimmer, Inc. | 1371 |
13 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
12 |
Straumann Holding AG | 507 |
11 |
DENTSPLY IH AB | 204 |
9 |
Tyber Medical LLC | 38 |
8 |
Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique | 9632 |
7 |
Astra Tech AB | 55 |
7 |
CeramTec GmbH | 319 |
7 |
The Trustees of Princeton University | 1129 |
7 |
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 650 |
7 |
SiNtx Technologies, Inc. | 65 |
7 |
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | 6132 |
7 |
Dot GmbH | 33 |
6 |
Japan Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd. | 22 |
6 |
International Business Machines Corporation | 60644 |
5 |
Other owners | 640 |