- 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 29/06 - Macromolecular materials obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/06
Total number of patents in this class: 578
10-year publication summary
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42
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68
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50
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70
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74
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64
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46
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52
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40
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19
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | 6712 |
49 |
| Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
25 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
20 |
| Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
19 |
| Tepha, Inc. | 233 |
13 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
12 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 930 |
12 |
| Urotronic, Inc. | 41 |
12 |
| Ethicon, Inc. | 1310 |
11 |
| SurModics, Inc. | 359 |
10 |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
9 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 6652 |
8 |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. | 972 |
8 |
| Kaneka Corporation | 4445 |
7 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. | 1765 |
7 |
| Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. | 1808 |
6 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 3115 |
6 |
| Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | 981 |
6 |
| Covidien LP | 10647 |
5 |
| Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
5 |
| Other owners | 328 |