- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61L - Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general; disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air; chemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles; materials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles
- A61L 2/18 - Liquid substances
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 2/18
Total number of patents in this class: 3070
10-year publication summary
|
227
|
305
|
252
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297
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280
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366
|
408
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262
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253
|
15
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Ecolab USA Inc. | 5341 |
119 |
| ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH | 253 |
65 |
| American Sterilizer Company | 663 |
48 |
| Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | 3976 |
46 |
| Olympus Corporation | 13275 |
36 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7071 |
31 |
| Airex Co., Ltd. | 83 |
23 |
| Saban Ventures Pty Limited | 93 |
23 |
| Medivators Inc. | 202 |
21 |
| Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. | 2076 |
19 |
| Tristel plc | 135 |
19 |
| The Procter & Gamble Company | 22146 |
17 |
| SoClean, Inc. | 131 |
17 |
| The Clorox Company | 949 |
16 |
| Krones AG | 2123 |
16 |
| E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company | 100 |
16 |
| Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 29733 |
15 |
| Applied SILVER, Inc. | 37 |
15 |
| Collidion, Inc. | 30 |
15 |
| Biosecurity Technology, LLC | 40 |
15 |
| Other owners | 2478 |