- 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 15/42 - Use of materials characterised by their function or physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 15/42
Total number of patents in this class: 1568
10-year publication summary
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133
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116
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149
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151
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160
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153
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119
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90
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72
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33
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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 | 22026 |
74 |
| Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | 3291 |
54 |
| Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5509 |
51 |
| Smith & Nephew plc | 769 |
37 |
| 3m Innovative Properties Company | 17865 |
35 |
| KCI Licensing, Inc. | 860 |
34 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1205 |
27 |
| ConvaTec Technologies Inc. | 294 |
26 |
| Mölnlycke Health Care AB | 550 |
25 |
| BASF SE | 20616 |
18 |
| Washington University | 1571 |
17 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 5905 |
15 |
| Baxter International Inc. | 2433 |
15 |
| Baxter Healthcare S.A. | 1835 |
15 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9942 |
14 |
| Bayer MaterialScience AG | 811 |
13 |
| Medtrade Products Limited | 120 |
12 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 482 |
12 |
| Paul Hartmann AG | 779 |
11 |
| LG Chem, Ltd. | 17464 |
10 |
| Other owners | 1053 |