- 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 27/04 - Metals or alloys
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/04
Total number of patents in this class: 1372
10-year publication summary
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111
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116
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112
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88
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102
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92
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69
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85
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66
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49
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4912 |
51 |
| Mirus LLC | 254 |
37 |
| Chongqing Runze Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 77 |
30 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2645 |
29 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3345 |
29 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20902 |
22 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2778 |
21 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | 1416 |
18 |
| Biotyx Medical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 76 |
18 |
| BIOTRONIK AG | 446 |
16 |
| Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 424 |
13 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11294 |
11 |
| University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. | 4207 |
10 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1405 |
10 |
| Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG | 393 |
10 |
| Biomet 3i, LLC | 290 |
9 |
| Bioretec Oy | 21 |
8 |
| Tyber Medical LLC | 51 |
8 |
| SMed-TA/TD, LLC | 90 |
8 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 2743 |
7 |
| Other owners | 1007 |