CPC Subgroup
A61K 33/24 Heavy metals; Compounds thereof
Full Title
Medicinal preparations containing inorganic active ingredients > Heavy metals; Compounds thereof
Filing statistics
CPC A61K 33/24 belongs to the parent subclass A61K, which recorded 1,717,491 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 114,681 in 2013 to 125,843 in 2023 (+10%), peaking at 182,901 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class A61 are PHILIPS ELECTRONICS (20,621 applications), NOVARTIS (15,792 applications) and ROCHE (14,303 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
12 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A61K 33/241 Lead; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/242 Gold; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/243 Platinum; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/244 Lanthanides; Compounds thereof (medicinal preparations containing radioactive lanthanides for use in therapy or testing in vivo A61K51/00)
- A61K 33/245 Bismuth; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/26 Iron; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/28 Mercury; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/30 Zinc; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/32 Manganese; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/34 Copper; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/36 Arsenic; Compounds thereof
- A61K 33/38 Silver; Compounds thereof
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 20,621
- NOVARTIS CH 15,792
- ROCHE CH 14,303
- COVIDIEN US 13,862
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 13,454
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 12,798
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 12,140
- L'OREAL FR 11,800
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,894
- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED US 9,513