Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40)

Introduced: January 2016

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments

CPC: Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers > Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments

CPC:

Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers (drapes specially adapted for instruments A61B46/10) > Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40)

CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 13 additional codes.

13 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 12 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

IPC defines codes here since 2016.

Child Classifications

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A61B 2050/3004 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/3005 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/3006 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/3007 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/3008 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/3009 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/301 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/3011 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/3013 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/3014 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/3015 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2050/314 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61B 50/3001 +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61B 50/31 Carrying cases or bags, e.g. doctors' bags since 2016 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61B 50/33 Trays since 2016 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61B 50/34 Baskets since 2016 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61B 50/36 for collecting or disposing of used articles since 2016 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class A61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 18,523
NOVARTIS CH 14,253
COVIDIEN US 13,953
ROCHE CH 12,005
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,955
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 11,692
HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 11,596
L'OREAL FR 11,593
P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 11,297
OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,594

Top Applicants (CPC)

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