- 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 31/02 - Inorganic materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/02
Total number of patents in this class: 1619
10-year publication summary
117
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155
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172
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174
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181
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177
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126
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142
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102
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42
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
48 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
46 |
BIOTRONIK AG | 387 |
38 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
30 |
Biotyx Medical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 58 |
29 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
28 |
Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
25 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
23 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
21 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
21 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
18 |
Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 347 |
16 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
15 |
Japan Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd. | 22 |
15 |
Mirus LLC | 144 |
13 |
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | 589 |
13 |
MicroVention, Inc. | 555 |
11 |
Cardinal Health 529, LLC | 306 |
10 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
9 |
Stryker Corporation | 3864 |
9 |
Other owners | 1181 |