- 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 29/08 - Materials for coatings
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/08
Total number of patents in this class: 1866
10-year publication summary
123
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174
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141
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157
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170
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170
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160
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117
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135
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40
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
SurModics, Inc. | 359 |
89 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
68 |
Hollister Incorporated | 930 |
64 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
53 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
52 |
Becton, Dickinson and Company | 6712 |
45 |
Lutonix, Inc. | 66 |
32 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
27 |
Urotronic, Inc. | 41 |
24 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
21 |
Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
19 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
18 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
16 |
BioInteractions, Ltd. | 30 |
16 |
DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5856 |
15 |
Coloplast A/S | 1927 |
15 |
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 3115 |
14 |
Hemoteq AG | 28 |
14 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
13 |
C.R. Bard, Inc. | 718 |
13 |
Other owners | 1238 |