- 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 31/04 - Macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/04
Total number of patents in this class: 2322
10-year publication summary
216
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224
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225
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257
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266
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195
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191
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171
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162
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53
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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 |
63 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
54 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
50 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
28 |
Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
28 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
27 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
26 |
Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
26 |
MicroVention, Inc. | 555 |
20 |
Sofradim Production | 305 |
20 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
19 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
19 |
Baxter International Inc. | 2425 |
18 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
16 |
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5370 |
16 |
Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
16 |
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 3115 |
15 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
14 |
Baxter Healthcare S.A. | 1810 |
14 |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
14 |
Other owners | 1819 |