- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 1/04 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor combined with photographic or television appliances
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 1/04
Total number of patents in this class: 7359
10-year publication summary
|
746
|
883
|
618
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566
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590
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448
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410
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367
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335
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305
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 13099 |
1836 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1822 |
284 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 29775 |
273 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4159 |
226 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6299 |
174 |
| Sony Corporation | 30812 |
133 |
| Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. | 375 |
133 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10481 |
115 |
| Given Imaging Ltd. | 280 |
102 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5087 |
98 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2760 |
93 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1692 |
86 |
| Capso Vision, Inc. | 137 |
73 |
| Covidien LP | 10668 |
67 |
| Karl STORZ Imaging, Inc. | 241 |
67 |
| Ankon Medical Technologies (Shanghai),LTD. | 107 |
46 |
| Ankon Technologies Co., Ltd | 103 |
43 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
41 |
| Evident Corporation | 1037 |
39 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4793 |
38 |
| Other owners | 3392 |