- 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 31/14 - Materials characterised by their function or physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/14
Total number of patents in this class: 4008
10-year publication summary
380
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386
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384
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365
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406
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383
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300
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297
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246
|
69
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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 |
178 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
127 |
Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
67 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
62 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
59 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
52 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
46 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
43 |
MicroVention, Inc. | 555 |
41 |
Tepha, Inc. | 233 |
41 |
Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
40 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
39 |
BIOTRONIK AG | 387 |
37 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
36 |
Sofradim Production | 305 |
36 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
34 |
Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
31 |
The Texas a & M University System | 1519 |
29 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
28 |
Biotyx Medical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 58 |
27 |
Other owners | 2955 |