- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 1/12 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor with cooling or rinsing arrangements
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 1/12
Total number of patents in this class: 2128
10-year publication summary
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189
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200
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205
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186
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231
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193
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162
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151
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190
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118
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 13174 |
324 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10291 |
131 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 29437 |
70 |
| Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | 689 |
63 |
| ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH | 246 |
63 |
| Covidien LP | 10637 |
50 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1798 |
47 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4070 |
46 |
| EndoChoice, Inc. | 183 |
42 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1216 |
36 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1676 |
34 |
| Medivators Inc. | 204 |
32 |
| ClearCam, Inc. | 47 |
31 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5046 |
30 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2747 |
27 |
| Medos International SARL | 774 |
26 |
| GI Scientific, LLC | 63 |
25 |
| American Sterilizer Company | 669 |
19 |
| Ecolab USA Inc. | 5496 |
15 |
| Motus GI Medical Technologies Ltd. | 39 |
15 |
| Other owners | 1002 |