- 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 31/08 - Materials for coatings
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/08
Total number of patents in this class: 1208
10-year publication summary
104
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136
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128
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123
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122
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88
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94
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75
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64
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23
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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 |
61 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
34 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
26 |
Lutonix, Inc. | 66 |
21 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
17 |
BIOTRONIK AG | 387 |
16 |
Atrium Medical Corporation | 148 |
15 |
Sio2 Medical Products, Inc. | 199 |
15 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
14 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
13 |
Bactiguard AB | 40 |
13 |
Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
13 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
11 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
11 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
11 |
Innovation Technologies, Inc. | 32 |
9 |
Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
9 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
8 |
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5370 |
8 |
ReShape Lifesciences Inc. | 120 |
8 |
Other owners | 875 |