- 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 27/28 - Materials for coating prostheses
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/28
Total number of patents in this class: 505
10-year publication summary
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45
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43
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44
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44
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29
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30
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32
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28
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26
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 5913 |
15 |
| Osstemimplant Co., Ltd. | 486 |
12 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3043 |
11 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4472 |
9 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 9524 |
7 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3163 |
7 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2686 |
6 |
| Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5619 |
5 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9913 |
4 |
| Covalon Technologies Ltd. | 37 |
4 |
| Debiotech S.A. | 135 |
4 |
| LifeNet Health | 267 |
4 |
| National Research Council of Canada | 1569 |
4 |
| Numat Biomedical S.L. | 7 |
4 |
| Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfaffikon | 558 |
4 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 19517 |
3 |
| AqueSys, Inc. | 102 |
3 |
| Biomet 3i, LLC | 294 |
3 |
| Covalon Technologies Inc. | 29 |
3 |
| Encore Medical, L.P. (d/b/a/ DJO Surgical) | 80 |
3 |
| Other owners | 390 |