IPC Main Group
A61C 3/00 Dental tools or instruments
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- Subclass:
- DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
Related Keywords
dental FILE(S)dental FORCEPSdental NIPPERS
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A61C 3/02 Tooth drilling or cutting instruments; Instruments acting like a sandblast machine
- A61C 3/04 Supports for holding tooth drills in order of use
- A61C 3/06 Tooth grinding or polishing discs; Holders therefor
- A61C 3/08 Tooth pluggers or hammers
- A61C 3/1 Tooth pincettes or the like
- A61C 3/12 Tooth saws
- A61C 3/14 Dentists' forceps or the like for extracting teeth
- A61C 3/16 Dentists' forceps for removing crowns
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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