- 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 17/00 - Materials for surgical sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 17/00
Total number of patents in this class: 438
10-year publication summary
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37
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34
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36
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48
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33
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22
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26
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25
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15
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3
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1118 |
34 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6425 |
23 |
| Covidien LP | 10667 |
17 |
| Innovation Technologies, Inc. | 30 |
9 |
| Northwestern University | 3554 |
8 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 226 |
8 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5385 |
7 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20802 |
6 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5907 |
6 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2716 |
6 |
| Sofradim Production | 290 |
6 |
| Nicem Ltd. | 7 |
5 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3322 |
5 |
| Colzyx AB | 14 |
5 |
| Curepharmtech Co., Ltd. | 7 |
5 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2775 |
4 |
| CDA Research Group, Inc. | 26 |
4 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 94 |
4 |
| Nevada Naturals Inc. | 20 |
4 |
| Poly-Med, Inc. | 185 |
4 |
| Other owners | 268 |