- 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 27/48 - Composite materials, i.e. layered or containing one material dispersed in a matrix of the same or different material having a macromolecular matrix with macromolecular fillers
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/48
Total number of patents in this class: 760
10-year publication summary
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57
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53
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59
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54
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98
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69
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74
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72
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52
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12
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3184 |
23 |
| LifeCell Corporation | 350 |
21 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5377 |
20 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
16 |
| Sofradim Production | 305 |
15 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
13 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 233 |
12 |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | 707 |
11 |
| Biorez, Inc. | 23 |
11 |
| Eth Zurich | 1193 |
10 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 5792 |
9 |
| Poly-Med, Inc. | 187 |
8 |
| Hothouse Medical Limited | 13 |
8 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
7 |
| 206 ORTHO, Inc. | 25 |
7 |
| Ocugen, Inc. | 49 |
7 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | 743 |
7 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
6 |
| Northwestern University | 3112 |
6 |
| Hyalex Orthopaedics, Inc. | 27 |
6 |
| Other owners | 537 |