- 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 31/10 - Macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/10
Total number of patents in this class: 2724
10-year publication summary
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251
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222
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218
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198
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203
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155
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161
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138
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140
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100
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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. | 10345 |
121 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1114 |
76 |
| SurModics, Inc. | 330 |
61 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5621 |
58 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2733 |
51 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1495 |
48 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6275 |
46 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9829 |
42 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10121 |
35 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7006 |
31 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1173 |
31 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3227 |
29 |
| Sofradim Production | 293 |
29 |
| Covidien LP | 10665 |
28 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1146 |
28 |
| Micell Medtech Inc. | 43 |
27 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 2934 |
26 |
| Boston Scientific Limited | 651 |
24 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5572 |
22 |
| BIOTRONIK AG | 425 |
20 |
| Other owners | 1891 |