- 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 15/46 - Deodorants or malodour counteractants, e.g. to inhibit the formation of ammonia or bacteria
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 15/46
Total number of patents in this class: 840
10-year publication summary
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79
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82
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76
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77
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66
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58
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49
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43
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36
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17
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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 | 22018 |
57 |
| Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | 3309 |
26 |
| Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5507 |
24 |
| SCA Hygiene Products AB | 669 |
24 |
| 3m Innovative Properties Company | 17849 |
16 |
| BASF SE | 20777 |
15 |
| Mölnlycke Health Care AB | 556 |
15 |
| Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. | 1030 |
14 |
| Medline Industries, LP | 2321 |
13 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 5949 |
11 |
| Medtrade Products Limited | 119 |
11 |
| LG Chem, Ltd. | 17561 |
10 |
| Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag | 2023 |
9 |
| The Clorox Company | 953 |
8 |
| ConvaTec Technologies Inc. | 294 |
8 |
| KCI Licensing, Inc. | 860 |
8 |
| The Texas a & M University System | 1679 |
8 |
| Avent, Inc. | 954 |
7 |
| Avery Dennison Corporation | 1201 |
7 |
| BSN medical GmbH | 396 |
7 |
| Other owners | 542 |