- 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 29/04 - Macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/04
Total number of patents in this class: 871
10-year publication summary
65
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81
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83
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85
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86
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87
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75
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62
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58
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25
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Hollister Incorporated | 930 |
48 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
34 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
34 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
20 |
SurModics, Inc. | 359 |
19 |
Becton, Dickinson and Company | 6712 |
18 |
Access Vascular, Inc. | 26 |
13 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
11 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
11 |
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5370 |
11 |
BIOTRONIK AG | 387 |
10 |
ConvaTec Limited | 246 |
10 |
Junkosha Inc. | 143 |
10 |
The General Hospital Corporation | 4517 |
9 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
8 |
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. | 1808 |
8 |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
8 |
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 3115 |
7 |
University of Massachusetts Lowell | 50 |
7 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
6 |
Other owners | 569 |