- 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 29/08 - Materials for coatings
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/08
Total number of patents in this class: 1934
10-year publication summary
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174
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141
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158
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171
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171
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162
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117
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136
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137
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2
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| SurModics, Inc. | 349 |
95 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5368 |
71 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 984 |
64 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7058 |
56 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 9449 |
53 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2686 |
52 |
| Lutonix, Inc. | 66 |
32 |
| Urotronic, Inc. | 45 |
28 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3319 |
26 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 6843 |
22 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1111 |
21 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9903 |
18 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1509 |
16 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5817 |
15 |
| BioInteractions, Ltd. | 30 |
15 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 3054 |
14 |
| Hemoteq AG | 28 |
14 |
| Covidien LP | 10623 |
13 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 19479 |
13 |
| C.R. Bard, Inc. | 703 |
13 |
| Other owners | 1283 |