- 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 31/16 - Biologically active materials, e.g. therapeutic substances
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/16
Total number of patents in this class: 3539
10-year publication summary
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340
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281
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306
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261
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236
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210
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179
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181
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138
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27
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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. | 10854 |
121 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1100 |
98 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1484 |
76 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9767 |
53 |
| Lutonix, Inc. | 65 |
41 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3195 |
38 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3254 |
38 |
| Covidien LP | 10649 |
33 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2704 |
33 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6377 |
33 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20502 |
32 |
| SurModics, Inc. | 321 |
29 |
| Boston Scientific Limited | 544 |
27 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1141 |
26 |
| Micell Medtech Inc. | 43 |
26 |
| Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 6032 |
25 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5724 |
25 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 226 |
25 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4808 |
23 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10185 |
20 |
| Other owners | 2717 |