- 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 27/16 - Macromolecular materials obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/16
Total number of patents in this class: 1397
10-year publication summary
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118
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113
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129
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116
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116
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101
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85
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79
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92
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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
|
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2717 |
40 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5607 |
24 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10724 |
21 |
| Zimmer, Inc. | 1417 |
20 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7018 |
19 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 30016 |
16 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4794 |
16 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4775 |
16 |
| Benz Research and Development Corporation | 44 |
14 |
| Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
12 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5472 |
11 |
| Heraeus Medical GmbH | 297 |
11 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3249 |
11 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10178 |
10 |
| Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. | 5856 |
10 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | 5771 |
10 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 930 |
10 |
| Kyocera Corporation | 14185 |
9 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2780 |
9 |
| Japan VAM & Poval Co., Ltd. | 79 |
9 |
| Other owners | 1099 |