- 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 27/50 - Materials characterised by their function or physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/50
Total number of patents in this class: 3780
10-year publication summary
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283
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350
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373
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325
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329
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282
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254
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229
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199
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139
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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 | 4904 |
57 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11285 |
42 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | 6111 |
41 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2734 |
35 |
| Alcon, Inc. | 5912 |
33 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3339 |
32 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4881 |
31 |
| LifeCell Corporation | 340 |
30 |
| Allergan, Inc. | 2155 |
27 |
| Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 2748 |
27 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7145 |
25 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10290 |
24 |
| Vivex Biologics Group, Inc. | 144 |
24 |
| Corvivo Cardiovascular, Inc. | 97 |
24 |
| Cook Biotech Incorporated | 191 |
23 |
| Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2637 |
21 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20868 |
19 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2777 |
18 |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | 4435 |
18 |
| Bvw Holding AG | 98 |
18 |
| Other owners | 3211 |