- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61F - Filters implantable into blood vessels; prostheses; devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents; orthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devices; fomentation; treatment or protection of eyes or ears; bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; first-aid kits
- A61F 2/34 - Acetabular cups
Patent holdings for IPC class A61F 2/34
Total number of patents in this class: 1051
10-year publication summary
77
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104
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123
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112
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82
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82
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93
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96
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55
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22
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
76 |
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC | 1067 |
47 |
DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company | 704 |
42 |
Zimmer, Inc. | 1371 |
42 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
37 |
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
31 |
Hip Innovation Technology LLC | 47 |
27 |
CeramTec GmbH | 319 |
18 |
MAKO Surgical Corp. | 620 |
18 |
Kirk Promotion Ltd. | 149 |
18 |
Milux Holding S.A. | 175 |
17 |
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG | 750 |
17 |
Finsbury (Development) Limited | 30 |
16 |
Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG | 390 |
13 |
Behzadi, Kambiz | 16 |
12 |
Aesculap AG | 1306 |
11 |
Jossi Holding AG | 17 |
11 |
OrthAlign, Inc. | 74 |
11 |
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited | 488 |
11 |
SMed-TA/TD, LLC | 89 |
11 |
Other owners | 565 |