- 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 27/50 - Materials characterised by their function or physical properties
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/50
Total number of patents in this class: 3477
10-year publication summary
250
|
318
|
282
|
350
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370
|
320
|
321
|
277
|
236
|
77
|
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 4141 |
54 |
President and Fellows of Harvard College | 5792 |
36 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
36 |
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3184 |
34 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
31 |
The General Hospital Corporation | 4517 |
30 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
30 |
LifeCell Corporation | 350 |
27 |
Allergan, Inc. | 2600 |
25 |
Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
25 |
Alcon, Inc. | 4899 |
25 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
24 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
23 |
Cook Biotech Incorporated | 212 |
22 |
CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc. | 176 |
22 |
Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 2685 |
22 |
Zimmer, Inc. | 1371 |
22 |
Wake Forest University Health Sciences | 707 |
19 |
Vivex Biologics Group, Inc. | 164 |
18 |
MiMedx Group, Inc. | 207 |
16 |
Other owners | 2936 |