- 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 31/06 - Macromolecular materials obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/06
Total number of patents in this class: 1580
10-year publication summary
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154
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183
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143
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163
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200
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147
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121
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93
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84
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26
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
94 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 233 |
65 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
38 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
29 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
28 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
24 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
24 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
21 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
18 |
| The Texas a & M University System | 1519 |
18 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 555 |
17 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
16 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 3115 |
16 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
15 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5856 |
13 |
| Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. | 53 |
13 |
| Northwestern University | 3112 |
12 |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 1776 |
12 |
| Arsenal Medical, Inc. | 66 |
11 |
| Biotyx Medical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 58 |
11 |
| Other owners | 1085 |