- 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 29/14 - Materials characterised by their function or physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/14
Total number of patents in this class: 1335
10-year publication summary
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106
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111
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128
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117
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123
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93
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94
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77
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57
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41
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Hollister Incorporated | 1109 |
93 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 7594 |
59 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11285 |
46 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5865 |
44 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2734 |
34 |
| SurModics, Inc. | 206 |
21 |
| ConvaTec Limited | 387 |
18 |
| Access Vascular, Inc. | 38 |
17 |
| Covidien LP | 10697 |
15 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1015 |
15 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7145 |
15 |
| Zeus Co., LLC | 109 |
14 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | 4881 |
13 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9800 |
12 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1462 |
11 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1760 |
11 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10290 |
10 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 2804 |
10 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3175 |
10 |
| SurModics MD, LLC | 66 |
10 |
| Other owners | 857 |