- 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 31/04 - Macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/04
Total number of patents in this class: 2542
10-year publication summary
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225
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257
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269
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193
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195
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180
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165
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161
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153
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92
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11241 |
66 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5834 |
63 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2723 |
56 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6343 |
33 |
| Covidien LP | 10675 |
27 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7139 |
27 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9809 |
25 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3328 |
24 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1017 |
21 |
| Sofradim Production | 290 |
21 |
| Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 6141 |
20 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 650 |
19 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1167 |
19 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10282 |
18 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3175 |
18 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1118 |
16 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 30594 |
15 |
| 3-D Matrix, Ltd. | 117 |
15 |
| Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 340 |
15 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 2810 |
14 |
| Other owners | 2010 |