- 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 29/16 - Biologically active materials, e.g. therapeutic substances
Patent holdings for IPC class A61L 29/16
Total number of patents in this class: 1691
10-year publication summary
137
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152
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134
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140
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150
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140
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138
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107
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116
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33
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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 |
70 |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 8794 |
57 |
SurModics, Inc. | 359 |
57 |
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2600 |
51 |
Lutonix, Inc. | 66 |
49 |
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 5216 |
37 |
Urotronic, Inc. | 41 |
28 |
Hollister Incorporated | 930 |
24 |
Cook Medical Technologies LLC | 3369 |
23 |
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | 1529 |
18 |
InnoRa GmbH | 27 |
17 |
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 1117 |
15 |
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. | 972 |
15 |
Hemoteq AG | 28 |
14 |
The Spectranetics Corporation | 228 |
14 |
Medtronic, Inc. | 9964 |
13 |
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 5370 |
13 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
11 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9795 |
11 |
The Regents of the University of Michigan | 4409 |
11 |
Other owners | 1143 |