- 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 27/34 - Macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/34
Total number of patents in this class: 2374
10-year publication summary
170
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164
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186
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187
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215
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206
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190
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158
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135
|
34
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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 |
55 |
SurModics, Inc. | 359 |
55 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
42 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
41 |
Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
31 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
27 |
DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5856 |
20 |
Sofradim Production | 305 |
20 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
17 |
Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique | 9632 |
16 |
CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc. | 176 |
16 |
LifeCell Corporation | 350 |
16 |
Tendyne Holdings, Inc. | 151 |
16 |
President and Fellows of Harvard College | 5792 |
15 |
Cardinal Health 529, LLC | 306 |
15 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
14 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
14 |
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated | 1199 |
14 |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
14 |
Tepha, Inc. | 233 |
14 |
Other owners | 1902 |