- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61C - Dentistry; apparatus or methods for oral or dental hygiene
- A61C 7/00 - Orthodontics, i.e. obtaining or maintaining the desired position of teeth, e.g. by straightening, evening, regulating, separating, or by correcting malocclusions
Patent holdings for IPC class A61C 7/00
Total number of patents in this class: 2465
10-year publication summary
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168
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186
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216
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288
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303
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282
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375
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358
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303
|
20
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1953 |
779 |
| 3m Innovative Properties Company | 17968 |
79 |
| Dental Monitoring | 141 |
74 |
| Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | 3307 |
64 |
| Oxilio Ltd | 61 |
53 |
| Otip Holding, LLC | 138 |
47 |
| Medit Corporation | 323 |
41 |
| Ormco Corporation | 245 |
35 |
| DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. | 1871 |
33 |
| uLab Systems, Inc. | 74 |
33 |
| Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. | 83 |
33 |
| SDC U.S. Smilepay SPV | 66 |
30 |
| Brius Technologies, Inc. | 63 |
23 |
| 3Shape A/S | 438 |
22 |
| Advanced Orthodontics and Education Association, LLC | 52 |
21 |
| Shanghai Smartee Denti-Technology Co.,Ltd. | 43 |
21 |
| Osstemimplant Co., Ltd. | 488 |
20 |
| Smiledirectclub, LLC | 73 |
19 |
| Wuxi EA Medical Instruments Technologies Limited | 52 |
18 |
| Swift Health Systems Inc. | 73 |
17 |
| Other owners | 1003 |