- 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 15/16 - Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 15/16
Total number of patents in this class: 456
10-year publication summary
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21
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33
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29
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22
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13
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15
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17
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13
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10
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4
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | 458 |
22 |
| The Procter & Gamble Company | 22178 |
19 |
| Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. | 5854 |
14 |
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 106 |
12 |
| Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | 2681 |
10 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
9 |
| KCI Licensing, Inc. | 890 |
8 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
6 |
| EirGen Pharma Limited | 91 |
6 |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1928 |
6 |
| 3m Innovative Properties Company | 18406 |
5 |
| BASF AG | 1258 |
5 |
| Nitto Denko Corporation | 7879 |
5 |
| Entegrion, Inc. | 40 |
5 |
| Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. | 792 |
5 |
| Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd. | 188 |
5 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 45 |
4 |
| ConvaTec Technologies Inc. | 335 |
4 |
| Stemnion, Inc. | 62 |
4 |
| Kao Corporation | 4843 |
3 |
| Other owners | 299 |