IPC Main Group
A61C 5/00 Filling or capping teeth
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2017
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- Subclass:
- DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
Related Keywords
CAPPING teethFILLING of teethOBTURATORS for dentistry
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A61C 5/2 Repairing attrition damage, e.g. facets
- A61C 5/3 Securing inlays, onlays or crowns
- A61C 5/4 Implements for surgical treatment of the roots or nerves of the teeth; Nerve needles; Methods or instruments for medication of the roots
- A61C 5/5 Implements for filling root canals; Methods or instruments for medication of tooth nerve channels
- A61C 5/6 Devices specially adapted for pressing or mixing capping or filling materials, e.g. amalgam presses
- A61C 5/7 Tooth crowns; Making thereof
- A61C 5/8 Dental aids fixed to teeth during treatment, e.g. tooth clamps
- A61C 5/9 Oral protectors for use during treatment, e.g. lip or mouth protectors
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