- 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 31/14 - Materials characterised by their function or physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 31/14
Total number of patents in this class: 4232
10-year publication summary
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370
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349
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383
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369
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290
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298
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250
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226
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213
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37
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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. | 10810 |
192 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1103 |
122 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6371 |
77 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5686 |
69 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2715 |
55 |
| Covidien LP | 10660 |
53 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 226 |
45 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1490 |
43 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | 640 |
42 |
| University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 3260 |
42 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9799 |
39 |
| Sofradim Production | 288 |
36 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3198 |
35 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1146 |
35 |
| BIOTRONIK AG | 434 |
35 |
| The Texas a & M University System | 1823 |
35 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 7026 |
32 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 1176 |
31 |
| Boston Scientific Limited | 559 |
30 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10190 |
30 |
| Other owners | 3154 |