- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61L - Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in generaldisinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of airchemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articlesmaterials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L 15/18 - Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons containing inorganic materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 15/18
Total number of patents in this class: 710
10-year publication summary
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68
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63
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84
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60
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56
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54
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51
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39
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40
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36
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| The Procter & Gamble Company | 22043 |
40 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 463 |
27 |
| Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | 3323 |
19 |
| Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5498 |
16 |
| Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. | 1045 |
13 |
| Paul Hartmann AG | 783 |
11 |
| 3m Innovative Properties Company | 17819 |
10 |
| LG Chem, Ltd. | 17638 |
10 |
| BASF SE | 20915 |
9 |
| Mölnlycke Health Care AB | 568 |
9 |
| King Faisal University | 916 |
8 |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | 1940 |
7 |
| Avent, Inc. | 930 |
7 |
| Materials Modification, Inc. | 18 |
6 |
| Milliken & Company | 1201 |
6 |
| Soft Health Technologies, LLC | 17 |
6 |
| Medline Industries, LP | 2321 |
6 |
| BK Giulini GmbH | 129 |
5 |
| Blucher GmbH | 178 |
5 |
| Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. | 1507 |
5 |
| Other owners | 485 |