- 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 27/50 - Materials characterised by their function or physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/50
Total number of patents in this class: 3667
10-year publication summary
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287
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264
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323
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340
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301
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301
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261
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233
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219
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163
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4724 |
59 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 6030 |
40 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10504 |
39 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2721 |
35 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5511 |
32 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 2998 |
31 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4797 |
31 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3207 |
31 |
| Allergan, Inc. | 2315 |
27 |
| LifeCell Corporation | 341 |
27 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7007 |
25 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10130 |
24 |
| Corvivo Cardiovascular, Inc. | 102 |
24 |
| Cook Biotech Incorporated | 207 |
23 |
| Vivex Biologics Group, Inc. | 117 |
23 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2677 |
22 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | 1424 |
22 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2783 |
18 |
| Bvw Holding AG | 98 |
18 |
| MiMedx Group, Inc. | 209 |
17 |
| Other owners | 3099 |