- 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 15/42 - Use of materials characterised by their function or physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 15/42
Total number of patents in this class: 1620
10-year publication summary
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116
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149
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151
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160
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155
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121
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91
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80
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84
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47
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| The Procter & Gamble Company | 21862 |
75 |
| Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | 3416 |
57 |
| Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5257 |
47 |
| Smith & Nephew plc | 749 |
37 |
| 3m Innovative Properties Company | 17455 |
34 |
| KCI Licensing, Inc. | 819 |
33 |
| Mölnlycke Health Care AB | 640 |
27 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1117 |
25 |
| ConvaTec Technologies Inc. | 251 |
21 |
| BASF SE | 21320 |
18 |
| Washington University | 1765 |
18 |
| Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag | 2326 |
16 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 6115 |
15 |
| Baxter International Inc. | 1884 |
15 |
| Baxter Healthcare S.A. | 1393 |
15 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10305 |
13 |
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 553 |
13 |
| Medtrade Products Limited | 125 |
12 |
| Bayer MaterialScience AG | 702 |
11 |
| Paul Hartmann AG | 790 |
11 |
| Other owners | 1107 |