- 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 31/10 - Macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/10
Total number of patents in this class: 2662
10-year publication summary
245
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267
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236
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224
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206
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209
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161
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163
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140
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37
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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 |
121 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
78 |
SurModics, Inc. | 359 |
69 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
53 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
51 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
51 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
42 |
Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
38 |
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 130 |
37 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
32 |
Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
32 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
30 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
29 |
Sofradim Production | 305 |
29 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
28 |
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 3115 |
28 |
Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
28 |
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
26 |
Micell Medtech Inc. | 42 |
26 |
DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5856 |
21 |
Other owners | 1813 |