- 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 17/14 - Post-treatment to improve physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 17/14
Total number of patents in this class: 280
10-year publication summary
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13
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16
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33
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35
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20
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18
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22
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12
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14
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6
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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. | 1124 |
24 |
| Covidien LP | 10650 |
15 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2719 |
13 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5376 |
9 |
| Embody Inc. | 64 |
8 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20720 |
7 |
| ATEX Technologies, Inc. | 55 |
7 |
| Poly-Med, Inc. | 186 |
6 |
| Sofradim Production | 288 |
6 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3299 |
6 |
| B. Braun Surgical S.A. | 31 |
5 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 227 |
5 |
| Colzyx AB | 14 |
5 |
| Surmodics Coatings, LLC | 70 |
5 |
| Northwestern University | 3540 |
4 |
| Aesculap AG | 1442 |
4 |
| Bactiguard AB | 41 |
4 |
| Siesta Medical, Inc. | 24 |
4 |
| The Texas a & M University System | 1868 |
4 |
| Washington University | 1736 |
4 |
| Other owners | 135 |