- 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: 2447
10-year publication summary
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224
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225
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257
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268
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194
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193
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178
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166
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157
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73
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10126 |
64 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2668 |
58 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5502 |
56 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6211 |
30 |
| Covidien LP | 10615 |
27 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9785 |
27 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1114 |
25 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 6891 |
25 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3126 |
22 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 618 |
21 |
| Sofradim Production | 292 |
21 |
| Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5751 |
19 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3233 |
18 |
| Baxter International Inc. | 2380 |
16 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1135 |
16 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10013 |
15 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 2962 |
15 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1198 |
15 |
| The University of Tokyo | 4148 |
15 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1499 |
14 |
| Other owners | 1928 |