- 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 27/34 - Macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/34
Total number of patents in this class: 2431
10-year publication summary
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188
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189
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218
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211
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195
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158
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144
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134
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97
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60
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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. | 2719 |
58 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20720 |
40 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7096 |
36 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11120 |
30 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3299 |
28 |
| SurModics, Inc. | 210 |
26 |
| Sofradim Production | 288 |
22 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5376 |
21 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10239 |
19 |
| Tendyne Holdings, Inc. | 150 |
19 |
| LifeCell Corporation | 335 |
17 |
| Surmodics Coatings, LLC | 70 |
17 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4875 |
16 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1189 |
16 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 6091 |
15 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9774 |
14 |
| Corvivo Cardiovascular, Inc. | 97 |
14 |
| Covidien LP | 10650 |
13 |
| Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique | 11016 |
13 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 30512 |
13 |
| Other owners | 1984 |