- 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 27/04 - Metals or alloys
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/04
Total number of patents in this class: 1300
10-year publication summary
76
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81
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111
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114
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111
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88
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99
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91
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68
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36
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
47 |
Chongqing Runze Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 81 |
30 |
Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
29 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
27 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
23 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
23 |
Zimmer, Inc. | 1371 |
20 |
BIOTRONIK AG | 387 |
15 |
Biotyx Medical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 58 |
15 |
Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 347 |
13 |
Bio DG, Inc. | 14 |
11 |
Mirus LLC | 144 |
11 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
10 |
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | 1377 |
10 |
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. | 3883 |
9 |
Biomet 3i, LLC | 305 |
9 |
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3184 |
8 |
Purdue Research Foundation | 3277 |
8 |
Tyber Medical LLC | 38 |
8 |
Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG | 390 |
8 |
Other owners | 966 |