- 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 17/12 - Homopolymers or copolymers of glycolic or lactic acid
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 17/12
Total number of patents in this class: 161
10-year publication summary
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8
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20
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18
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15
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12
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14
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11
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8
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7
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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. | 1117 |
18 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6381 |
14 |
| Children's Medical Center Corporation | 1971 |
8 |
| Covidien LP | 10711 |
7 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 224 |
7 |
| Nurami Medical Ltd | 19 |
6 |
| Northwestern University | 3577 |
5 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7163 |
4 |
| On-X Life Technologies, Inc. | 27 |
4 |
| Poly-Med, Inc. | 184 |
4 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5948 |
3 |
| Allergan Holdings France S.A.S. | 63 |
3 |
| Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 424 |
3 |
| Sofradim Production | 290 |
3 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 2744 |
2 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 7 |
2 |
| AxoGen Corporation | 258 |
2 |
| The Queen's University of Belfast | 227 |
2 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3357 |
2 |
| Yale University | 2573 |
2 |
| Other owners | 60 |