- 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 29/04 - Macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/04
Total number of patents in this class: 923
10-year publication summary
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71
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78
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80
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82
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84
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74
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60
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54
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62
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58
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Hollister Incorporated | 1051 |
53 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5638 |
33 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10523 |
31 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2724 |
30 |
| SurModics, Inc. | 327 |
22 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7421 |
20 |
| Access Vascular, Inc. | 36 |
16 |
| ConvaTec Limited | 342 |
14 |
| Junkosha Inc. | 144 |
13 |
| Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5938 |
12 |
| Zeus Co., LLC | 87 |
12 |
| Covidien LP | 10664 |
11 |
| Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. | 1786 |
11 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3219 |
11 |
| BIOTRONIK AG | 428 |
10 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1149 |
10 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4797 |
7 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | 42 |
7 |
| Sustain Holdings, LLC | 21 |
7 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1111 |
6 |
| Other owners | 587 |