- 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 29/02 - Inorganic materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/02
Total number of patents in this class: 286
10-year publication summary
13
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24
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27
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36
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23
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33
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28
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25
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23
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11
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Covidien LP | 10647 |
9 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
7 |
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | 589 |
7 |
Abbott Laboratories | 2542 |
6 |
Becton, Dickinson and Company | 6712 |
6 |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
6 |
Hollister Incorporated | 930 |
5 |
Incept LLC | 151 |
5 |
FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
4 |
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC | 132 |
4 |
ConvaTec Technologies Inc. | 335 |
4 |
ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH | 215 |
4 |
Mirus LLC | 144 |
4 |
Tokushima University | 184 |
4 |
Access Vascular, Inc. | 26 |
4 |
Imperative Care, Inc. | 139 |
4 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
3 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
3 |
The Regents of the University of Michigan | 4409 |
3 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
3 |
Other owners | 191 |