- 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 29/08 - Materials for coatings
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/08
Total number of patents in this class: 1998
10-year publication summary
|
160
|
130
|
150
|
162
|
161
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154
|
110
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138
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137
|
104
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| SurModics, Inc. | 327 |
92 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5638 |
80 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1051 |
69 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7421 |
61 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2724 |
52 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10523 |
49 |
| Lutonix, Inc. | 65 |
32 |
| Urotronic, Inc. | 49 |
31 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3219 |
26 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7006 |
24 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1111 |
21 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10143 |
19 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1491 |
16 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5562 |
16 |
| BioInteractions, Ltd. | 29 |
15 |
| C.R. Bard, Inc. | 654 |
14 |
| Covidien LP | 10664 |
13 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20289 |
13 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 29817 |
13 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 2917 |
13 |
| Other owners | 1329 |