- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61L - Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general; disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air; chemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles; materials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L 15/20 - Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons containing organic materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 15/20
Total number of patents in this class: 380
10-year publication summary
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42
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45
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57
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41
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41
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39
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27
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30
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28
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| The Procter & Gamble Company | 22165 |
39 |
| Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5520 |
21 |
| Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag | 2015 |
10 |
| Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. | 1034 |
8 |
| Unicharm Corporation | 2786 |
8 |
| Nitto Denko Corporation | 8073 |
6 |
| Uni-Charm Corporation | 605 |
6 |
| Daio Paper Corporation | 1390 |
6 |
| Medtrade Products Limited | 119 |
6 |
| Paul Hartmann AG | 774 |
5 |
| Soft Health Technologies, LLC | 16 |
5 |
| BASF SE | 20387 |
4 |
| LG Chem, Ltd. | 17632 |
4 |
| Kao Corporation | 4903 |
4 |
| International Paper Company | 811 |
4 |
| Livedo Corporation | 163 |
4 |
| Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. | 66 |
4 |
| Nevada Naturals Inc. | 20 |
4 |
| T.j.smith and Nephew,limited | 218 |
4 |
| Ayu Medical Limited | 6 |
4 |
| Other owners | 224 |