- 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 2/18 - Liquid substances
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 2/18
Total number of patents in this class: 2965
10-year publication summary
216
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227
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304
|
252
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297
|
279
|
363
|
407
|
258
|
75
|
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Ecolab USA Inc. | 5190 |
111 |
ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH | 240 |
62 |
American Sterilizer Company | 654 |
47 |
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | 3891 |
45 |
Olympus Corporation | 13667 |
35 |
Airex Co., Ltd. | 78 |
23 |
Becton, Dickinson and Company | 6712 |
21 |
Saban Ventures Pty Limited | 83 |
21 |
Tristel plc | 132 |
20 |
Medivators Inc. | 195 |
19 |
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. | 2007 |
18 |
Krones AG | 2037 |
17 |
SoClean, Inc. | 126 |
17 |
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company | 468 |
17 |
The Procter & Gamble Company | 22178 |
15 |
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 27812 |
15 |
Applied SILVER, Inc. | 37 |
15 |
The Clorox Company | 973 |
15 |
Menicon Co., Ltd. | 412 |
14 |
GOJO Industries, Inc. | 891 |
13 |
Other owners | 2405 |