IPC Main Group
A61D 1/00 Surgical instruments for veterinary use
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- Subclass:
- VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
Related Keywords
veterinary treatment of HOOFSveterinary INSTRUMENT(S)
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A61D 1/02 Trocars or cannulas for teats; Vaccination appliances
- A61D 1/04 Cropping devices for tails or ears
- A61D 1/06 Castrating appliances
- A61D 1/08 Veterinary obstetrical instruments or devices
- A61D 1/1 Embryotomic instruments
- A61D 1/12 Instruments for removing foreign bodies from animals' throats, oesophagus or stomachs
- A61D 1/14 Devices for degassing animals' stomachs
- A61D 1/16 Magnets for the stomach
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