- 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 31/12 - Composite materials, i.e. layered or containing one material dispersed in a matrix of the same or different material
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/12
Total number of patents in this class: 954
10-year publication summary
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74
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56
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74
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75
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99
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84
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65
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72
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53
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15
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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 |
26 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
20 |
| Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
18 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
18 |
| Poly-Med, Inc. | 187 |
17 |
| Ossio Ltd. | 37 |
14 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
13 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
9 |
| Japan Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd. | 22 |
9 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 233 |
9 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
8 |
| Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 334 |
8 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
7 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5377 |
7 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
7 |
| Smith & Nephew plc | 779 |
7 |
| The University of Tokyo | 3903 |
7 |
| Hothouse Medical Limited | 13 |
7 |
| Abbott Laboratories | 2542 |
6 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
6 |
| Other owners | 731 |