- 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 31/16 - Biologically active materials, e.g. therapeutic substances
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/16
Total number of patents in this class: 3548
10-year publication summary
338
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357
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363
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290
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317
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268
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247
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212
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183
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46
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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 |
132 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
101 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
88 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
57 |
SurModics, Inc. | 359 |
43 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
42 |
Cardinal Health 529, LLC | 306 |
42 |
Lutonix, Inc. | 66 |
41 |
Boston Scientific Limited | 906 |
36 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
32 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
32 |
Covidien LP | 10647 |
31 |
Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
31 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
29 |
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 130 |
27 |
Cilag GmbH International | 5813 |
27 |
Micell Medtech Inc. | 42 |
25 |
Tepha, Inc. | 233 |
24 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
22 |
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5370 |
21 |
Other owners | 2665 |