- 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 31/10 - Macromolecular materials
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/10
Total number of patents in this class: 2697
10-year publication summary
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237
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225
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207
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211
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163
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171
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149
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147
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117
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102
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 11285 |
114 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5865 |
67 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1015 |
60 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2734 |
51 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6364 |
49 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1462 |
44 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9800 |
40 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10290 |
34 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7145 |
31 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1117 |
31 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3175 |
30 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1168 |
30 |
| Sofradim Production | 290 |
30 |
| Covidien LP | 10697 |
29 |
| SurModics, Inc. | 206 |
29 |
| Micell Medtech Inc. | 43 |
27 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 2804 |
25 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5386 |
22 |
| Surmodics Coatings, LLC | 70 |
21 |
| BIOTRONIK AG | 446 |
20 |
| Other owners | 1913 |