- 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 27/54 - Biologically active materials, e.g. therapeutic substances
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 27/54
Total number of patents in this class: 6020
10-year publication summary
492
|
587
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580
|
567
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624
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506
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566
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506
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395
|
123
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
---|---|---|
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | 3184 |
121 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
94 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | 2912 |
87 |
CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc. | 176 |
55 |
President and Fellows of Harvard College | 5792 |
54 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
52 |
The Johns Hopkins University | 5377 |
42 |
LifeCell Corporation | 350 |
36 |
Allergan, Inc. | 2600 |
35 |
Allergan Industrie SAS | 93 |
35 |
Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique | 9632 |
34 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
34 |
SurModics, Inc. | 359 |
34 |
Trustees of Tufts College | 743 |
31 |
The Regents of the University of Michigan | 4409 |
28 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
27 |
The General Hospital Corporation | 4517 |
27 |
Wake Forest University Health Sciences | 707 |
27 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
26 |
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2880 |
26 |
Other owners | 5115 |